Provision of air quality support to the Maltese Government investigating air quality in the vicinity of the Delimara Power Station, Malta

Project details

Funding body: Malta Environment and Planning Authority

Dates: 2012-2014

Project summary

AQMRC was commissioned by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority to assist them in determining the impact of the Delimara Power Station on local air quality, particularly PM₁₀.

Using a bespoke methodology and the application of an innovative analytical approach, AQMRC's technical report assessed the effect of using Heavy Fuel Oil by analysing monitoring data temporally and spatially to determine whether the station is likely to cause exceedances of the EU Limit Values for PM₁₀.

Please email Dr Jo Barnes at jo.barnes@uwe.ac.uk for more details.