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CC-033 · Air · Port & power emissions

Delimara: 'much cleaner air'

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The claim

D3 Power Generation (Delimara 3): after gas conversion the air is much cleaner and emissions are well below EU limits (NOx 35.8 mg/Nm3, SOx 0, PM 2.16 mg/Nm3).

Who
D3 Power Generation Ltd
Where
Delimara Power Station, Marsaxlokk
Wording
Paraphrase: locate quote

Context

Stack concentrations vs permit limits are not ambient air quality; check ERA IPPC monitoring and the Żejtun station.

Limitations

Candidate from the 4 Oct 2026 intake: wording paraphrased from a locator source; read the primary text before any report.

What it will be tested against

ERA IPPC permit reports; ambient NO2/PM data near Marsaxlokk.

Sources

  1. Cleaner air with reduction in emissions from Delimara plant - Chinese D3PG company, TVM, n/d. Original · fetched and fingerprinted 2026-10-10; no public snapshot yet
    Company data as reported.

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Who made it

D3 Power Generation Ltd

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Meeting an EU legal limit or procedure is presented as if it meant a health-protective level: air (WHO PM2.5 guideline) and noise (WHO noise guidelines).

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  1. 2026

    1. 4 October 2026 Added to the claims to check
    2. 5 October 2026 Check started Worker C, attempt 1: blocked on source. TVM News (24 Sep 2018, English and Maltese) reports D3PG's statement in indirect speech: 'much cleaner' is TVM's paraphrase. The emissions table gives no measurement basis (averaging period, reference oxygen, method). Needed: D3PG's original September 2018 statement.

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