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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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  • Aug, 2018
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    Liddell Power Station reports licence non-compliance related to management of ash dam

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition, in reference to the management of ash dam and fugitive dust emissions.

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  • Aug, 2018
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    Vales Point Coal Power Station reports licence non-compliance on 2 occasions

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Vales Point Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 2 occasions, in reference to alleged exceedance of the Total Suspended Solids concentration limit (on two occasions, minor), due to high TSS results in inlet water canal.

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  • Mar, 2018
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    Bayswater Power Station reports licence non-compliance relating to a leak in ash line

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Bayswater Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition, in reference to an unforeseen leak in Ravensworth A ash line, with ash slurry discharged from pipe to land and waters.

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  • Mar, 2018
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    Bayswater Power Station reports licence non-compliance relating to exceeding pH limit

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Bayswater Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 3 occasions, in reference to exceedance of pH concentration limit at EPA Point 7.

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  • Nov, 2017
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    Bayswater Power Station reports licence non-compliance relating to flow monitoring equipment

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Bayswater Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition, in reference to a power failure to the control station at the Liddell discharge valve, which affected conductivity and flow monitoring equipment.

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  • Aug, 2017
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    Liddell Power Station reports licence non-compliance related to discharge to land and water

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition and a section of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act, in reference to an air release valve failure on the return water line causing discharge from pipe to land and waters.

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  • Aug, 2017
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    Liddell Power Station reports licence non-compliance related to pump failure, causing overflow

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition and a section of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act, in reference to due to pump failure causing overflow from the power station’s final effluent pond to land and waters.

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  • Aug, 2017
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    Liddell Power Station reports licence non-compliance related to leak of ash slurry to land and water

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition and a section of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act, in reference to due to a leak in 3/4 ash line with ash slurry discharged from pipe to land and waters.

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  • Aug, 2017
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    Liddell Power Station reports licence non-compliance related to insufficient testing of chlorine

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 12 occasions, in reference to non-compliance with monitoring requirements, as chlorine not tested for at EPA Points 12 and 13 due to contractor error.

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  • Aug, 2017
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    Liddell Power Station reports licence non-compliance related to SO2 emissions and reporting

    The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 3 occasions, in reference to non-compliance with monitoring/reporting condition, as the SO2 emissions from Unit 1 exceeded hourly average and was not reported.

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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