One more year we present the work of analysis of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions that Spanish companies, within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol and affected by the European Emission Rights Trade Directive, have declared for the year 2010 based on the National Allocation Plan (PNA-II) for the period 2008-2012.
As in other years, the Spanish data presented in this report correspond to the information published by the National Registry of Emission Rights (RENADE) referring to the data for the year 2010.
As a novelty with respect to the previous publication, some new texts and chapters have been introduced, and some of the classics have been modified.
In the first place, highlight the inclusion of a text referring to the conclusions established in the last conference of the parties (COP-17) held in Durban last December. Secondly, the inclusion of a text referring to the current situation of the allocation in Europe of emission rights based on the auction for the period 2013-2020 and the repercussions that this has on the Member States.
It also includes a new chapter on the analysis of world data by country and geographic and economic area for the year 2008, the last year published by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The contextual summary chapters are maintained, both the one referring to the European data onCO2 emissions affected by the directive from the sectoral and country perspective, and the one referring to general Spanish data (GDP and population) in relation to the total Spanish emissions published to date (2009 last year published). In the first case, the data have been prepared based on information published in Eurostat and by the European
Environment Agency (EEA), and in the second case, the information has been extracted from data from the INE (National Institute of Statistics) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment.
Like the previous works, the informative nature of the document marks the analysis methodology, seeking those relationships that are easier and more intuitive for the reader, with the aim of facilitating their understanding, repeating the structure of tables and graphs for the entire document.
Based on the sources described, the document presents data on Spanish emissions subject to the 2010 directive, following the trend set by the previous work of incorporating sectoral aggregations for energy, construction and industry in general.
As a novelty compared to the previous year, the graphical analysis of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 time series has been enhanced, with the aim of better visualizing the evolution of the data over the course of the current period of the Kyoto Protocol.
An economic valuation column on the surplus or deficit of verified emissions according to allocations has also been introduced. This valuation is only an estimate and theoretical based on the average market price in 2010, which was €14.32 per ton of CO 2 .
Like the previous document, the analysis is carried out from top to bottom (top down) based on the industrial sectors established in the RENADE reports, corresponding to the headings described in Royal Decree 777/2006 of June 23. The first level corresponds to the data from the Spanish sectoral summary and an aggregate of non-sectoral data by Autonomous Community (CCAA) is also included. The second level of analysis corresponds to the industrial sectors already grouped for said autonomous communities. Finally, the third level is developed from the sectors within the provinces of each autonomous community.
It is worth noting the introduction of a new chapter on sectoral analysis by autonomous communities that shows us the distribution of the different industrial sectors throughout the Spanish territory.
Also comment, as happened in the previous work, that in the data found in the public emissions balance documents mentioned above, significant incidents and absence of data have been found in some facilities that have been collected and isolated as far as possible. so that its meaning and impact on the results is minimal. This means that, in some cases, the Spanish data reported to Europe may have slight, insignificant variations on those published.
