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Coal Impacts Index

1363

Incidents in the Index

159

Licence Breaches

326

Breakdowns

About the Coal Impacts Index

The Coal Impacts Index is the most comprehensive list of breaches, breakdowns, and pollution events at Australia’s coal fired power stations ever assembled.

The Index uses a variety of data sources to track four main kinds of ‘incidents’ at the 16 coal power stations in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, that make up Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM).

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Licence Breaches

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Breakdowns

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Toxic Air Pollution

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Emissions

Incidents index

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Tarong Coal Power Station releases 7,976,295 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Vales Point Coal Power Station releases 6,367,344 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Yallourn Coal Power Station releases 11,066,127 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Bayswater Coal Power Station releases 12,763,444 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Callide B Coal Power Station releases 2,983,083 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Callide C Coal Power Station releases 2,274,787 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Eraring Coal Power Station releases 12,713,738 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Gladstone Coal Power Station releases 6,269,417 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
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    Kogan Creek Coal Power Station releases 4,366,178 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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  • Jun, 2022
    Skull and crossbones in danger warning sign

    Liddell Coal Power Station releases 7,021,228 tonnes of CO₂ thoughout the year.

    Refers to total scope 1 emissions (t CO₂-e) in the year to 30 June 2021 according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

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Where is this information from?

The data in the Coal Impacts Index is collated from a number of sources, including government reports and tracking, corporate databases, research reports and self-reported data from power stations. For more information about the individual sources for each of the incidents listed in the index please see the Sources page.

See the full list of sources and footnotes here