Last updated on 29 Aug 2019 09:29 (cf. Authors)
Short description
NFR-Code | Name of Category | Method | AD | EF | Key Category 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.B.7 | Soda Ash Production | T1 | NS | C | no key source |
In Germany, soda ash is produced only chemically.
The country has 3 production facilities, all of which use the Solvay process.
In former years, facilities with higher ammonia emissions existed in the New German Länder. However, after 1992, emissions of NH3 occur at a lower level.
Method
Activity data
The Federal Statistical Office determines the total amounts of soda ash produced in Germany, but only regarding confidentiality.
Emission factor
Emission factors (for TSP and NH3) are confidential regarding activity data restrictions.
Discussion of emission trends
The steep reduction especially for NH3 at the beginning of the 1990s was due to closures in the eastern German industrial sector. For year 1990 for eastern Germany is in case of TSP pointed out the summary figure for the Chemical Industry as a whole.
Recalculations
With emission factors remaining unrevised, recalculations have only resulted from slightly updated statistical data for 2016 compared to last year's submission.
Planned improvements
At the moment, no category-specific improvements are planned.