Peculiarities of environmental regulation of power generating plants on various types of fuel

The Republic of Belarus lacks energy resources. Local fuels with the necessary heat of combustion to meet heat and power needs are involved in the economic turnover. The purpose of the work is to determine the peculiarities of environmental regulation of power generating plants on various types of fuels. The main task of the study is to identify criteria affecting the assessment of environmental damage to the environment when replacing natural gas with local fuels. An analysis of the operation of power generating plants on different types of fuels shows that their conversion to local fuels leads to an increase in emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air per unit of installed capacity compared to plants operating on natural gas. This transfer should be accompanied by the development of measures to reduce the negative impact on the environment that occurs during the operation of fuel combustion plants on local fuels. A regulatory framework should be developed to ensure effective monitoring in this area. We propose to develop environmental and energy standards that regulate the emissions of pollutants from various fuel combustion plants per unit of power produced by thermal and/or electric energy.