Queensland:
The story: Emissions from energy last week fell by 6.7% with reduced emissions from all fuel sources.
Weekly Snapshot (in million tonnes CO2e):
Total emissions:1.512
Electricity from coal:0.791
Natural gas:0.150
Petroleum:0.570
2011 total to date:13.903
Compared with:
Last week:
* Total emissions fell by 6.7% or 109000 tonnes with reduced emissions from all fuel sources.
* Emissions from coal-fired generation which accounted for 77% of electricity generation fell by 3.8% or 31000 tonnes.
* Emissions from gas fell by 28% or 59000 tonnes.
* Emissions from petroleum fell by 3.1% or 18000 tonnes.
* Electricity demand increased by 0.1%.
* QLD exported 8.6% of its electricity generation to other states compared to 10% the previous week.
Last year:
* This week’s indicator is 4.2% lower than the same week in 2010.
* Total emissions to this stage of 2011 were 4.6% lower than at the similar stage last year.
Baselines:
* 1990: 103% above
* 2000: 31% above