Executive Summary

Abstract

Coal is an optimum power generation fuel for ASEAN countries in terms of both cost and energy security. However, coal combustion emits air pollutants that are harmful to both human health and the environment. As a consequence, residents have started campaigns against coal-fired power plants (CPPs), which have forced some new CPP projects to be suspended or cancelled. For ASEAN countries, minimizing the emission of air pollutants is a precondition for the future use of CPPs. But the problem is regulating the emission of air pollutants from CPPs. In order to reduce the emission of air pollutants, creating regulations and properly managing and operating CPPs are required. Based on this awareness, regulations on the emission of air pollutants (including emission standards and implementation of the regulations) are surveyed in this study.