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<strong>PM2.5</strong> emissions and receptor modell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

20. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>in</strong>ventories, total <strong>PM2.5</strong> emissions have fallen by 55% s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

1990. This has largely been due to a reduction <strong>in</strong> emissions from the power<br />

generation sector caused by the switch from coal to natural gas and nuclear<br />

power electricity generation, as well as improvement <strong>in</strong> the performance of<br />

<strong>particulate</strong> abatement plants at coal-fired power stations.<br />

21. Exhaust emissions of <strong>PM2.5</strong> from road vehicles have fallen by 57% over this<br />

period, due to the penetration <strong>in</strong>to the fleet of diesel vehicles meet<strong>in</strong>g tighter<br />

standards on PM emissions and the use of cleaner fuels offsett<strong>in</strong>g the growth <strong>in</strong><br />

traffic dur<strong>in</strong>g this period, and also to the switch to diesel <strong>in</strong> the car fleet. Nonexhaust<br />

emissions from traffic have <strong>in</strong>creased by 20% over the same period as<br />

traffic has <strong>in</strong>creased with no accompany<strong>in</strong>g controls on these emissions; they<br />

are now responsible for 38% of all traffic emissions of <strong>PM2.5</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2009 whereas<br />

<strong>in</strong> 1990 their contribution was just 18%. Figure 4.2 shows a more detailed<br />

breakdown <strong>in</strong> emissions from road transport by vehicle type over the 1990-2020<br />

period. Diesel cars were responsible for the largest share <strong>in</strong> exhaust emissions<br />

(41%) <strong>in</strong> 2009. Most of the decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> exhaust emissions s<strong>in</strong>ce 1990 has come<br />

about through reductions <strong>in</strong> PM emissions from HGVs.<br />

Emissions (ktonnes)<br />

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160<br />

140<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

Total UK <strong>PM2.5</strong> Emissions (kt), 1990-2009, 2015 and 2020<br />

0<br />

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020<br />

Other (Non-Combustion)<br />

Other (Combustion)<br />

Small Scale Waste Burn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Agriculture<br />

Iron and steel production<br />

Other M<strong>in</strong>eral products<br />

Quarry<strong>in</strong>g and M<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of M<strong>in</strong>erals Other Than<br />

Coal<br />

Residential<br />

Off Road Transport<br />

Other Transport (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Rail, National<br />

Navigation and Aviation LTO)<br />

Road Transport (Non-Exhaust)<br />

Road Transport (Exhaust)<br />

Combustion <strong>in</strong> Industry<br />

Combustion <strong>in</strong> the Energy Industries<br />

Figure 4.1: UK emissions of primary <strong>PM2.5</strong> from different sources from 1990-<br />

2009 and projected to 2020 accord<strong>in</strong>g to the NAEI (Passant et al., 2011). The<br />

projections are based on assumptions about future levels of activities and<br />

changes <strong>in</strong> emission factors accord<strong>in</strong>g to current legislation (Wagner, 2010).<br />

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