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CREA report finds Eskom's failure to comply with #SouthAfrica's emission standards for #coal power plants would cause 34,000 deaths & health costs of USD 32 bn.
#Eskom is now largest power sector emitter of #SO2 in the world, surpassing retrofitted Chinese utilities. 
Under Eskom’s retirement schedule & emission control retrofits, #emissions from the company’s power plants would be responsible for a projected 79,500 air pollution-related deaths from 2025 until end-of-life.
Eskom's full compliance w/South Africa’s Minimum Emissions Standards (MES) for combustion installations at all plants scheduled to operate beyond 2030 would avoid a projected 2,300 deaths/year from #AirPollution & economic costs of R 42 bn (USD 2.9 bn)/year starting from 2025.
Eskom’s retrofit plan only realizes one quarter of the health benefits associated with compliance with South Africa's Minimum Emissions Standards (MES), due to the almost complete failure to address #SO2 #emissions.
On a cumulative basis until the end-of-life of the Eskom power plants, compliance with South Africa's Minimum Emissions Standards (MES) would avoid a projected 34,400 deaths from #AirPollution & economic costs of R 620 bn (USD 41.7 bn).
Eskom compliance with South Africa's Minimum Emissions Standards (MES) would also avoid 140,000 #asthma emergency room visits, 5,900 new cases of asthma in children, 57,000 #preterm births, 35.0 million days of work absence, and 50,000 years lived with #disability.
If Eskom's compliance with South Africa's Minimum Emissions Standards (MES) deadline was delayed to 2030 instead of 2025, compliance with the emission limits would still avoid a projected 26,400 deaths from #AirPollution & economic costs of R 470 bn (USD 32.0 bn).
Requiring the application of best available control technology at all Eskom plants, instead of the current Minimum Emissions Standards (MES), by 2030, would avoid 57,000 deaths from #AirPollution and economic costs of R 1,000 bn (USD 68.0 bn) compared to the Eskom plan.