Estimation of the potential for reduced greenhouse gas emission in North-East Russia: A comparison of energy use in mining, mineral processing and residential heating in Kiruna and Kirovsk-Apatity
✍ Scribed by Gudrun Keikkala; Andrey Kask; Jan Dahl; Vladimir Malyshev; Viktor Kotomkin
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 507 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-4215
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✦ Synopsis
The energy demand at Murmansk Oblast in North-East Russia is covered at 60% by fossil fuels and at 40% by electricity. This study estimates the potential for reduction of fossil fuel consumption and CO 2 -emissions at Murmansk Oblast. The study focus on the municipalities of Apatity and Kirovsk and the apatite ore mining company Apatit JSC . The potential for energy efficiency, reduced fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is estimated by comparison with the of city Kiruna in Northern Sweden, with a climate similar to that of North-East Russia, and with the iron ore mining company LKAB. This study shows that the potential for reduced CO 2emissions is about 630,700 tons CO 2 annually in the municipalities of Apatity and Kirovsk or 6.3 tons of CO 2 per capita, Apatit JSC not included. These results applied on Murmansk Oblast gives a potential for reduced CO 2 -emissions of about 6 Mtons annually in the municipalities together. The specific energy consumption at Apatit JSC is 6-7 times per ton product compared to LKAB. The mining has 4 times higher specific energy consumption per ton raw ore compared to LKAB.