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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).
Licence Breaches
Breakdowns
Toxic Air Pollution
Emissions
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Bayswater Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 9 occasions, in reference to not complying with limits for Oil and Grease, and pH, due to equipment malfunctions and high volume rainfall.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Bayswater Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 4 occasions, in reference to overboarding of seepage pond; leak from flyash transfer line; return water pipeline failure; and discharge of water due to pipe failure.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Mount Piper Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition, in reference to a technical non-compliance during a cooling water system restart, when cooling water leaked via an open valve into the station drain system & final holding pond.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Mount Piper Coal Power Station reported a technical non-compliance with a licence condition, in reference to the cooling water annubar pit overflowing, and cooling water entering the station drain system & final holding pond.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition on 3 occasions including ash laden water overboarding into creek after pump fails; water leaking from pipeline into stormwater; and oil escaping from Turbine cooler.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority alleges Liddell Coal Power Station did not comply with a licence condition, in reference to ash laden water overboarding into creek after pump failed; and water leaking from pipeline into stormwater.
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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.