The agency made the remarks after an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Committee convened earlier in the day to discuss the plant’s plan to import more Australian coal. The plant has been searching for new sources of coal since a self-imposed ban on coal imports from Russia and Indonesia’s ban on coal exports have reduced the nation’s coal supplies. Photo: Wang Chun-chi, Taipei TimesThe plan to import more Australian coal would be necessary to maintain the plant’s operations, it said. The plant estimates that the firing process of Australian coal, which contains a high level of coal ash, would lead to a one-third increase of bottom ash and fly ash byproduct. To modify an already approved EIA, the plant would need to show that the total amount of pollutants would not increase when using more Australian coal.

Source: Taipei Times August 16, 2022 07:33 UTC