QUEENSLAND 11 February to 17 February 2011
Source: The Weekly Greenhouse Indicator
The story: Emissions from energy last week fell by 0.5% with a decrease in emissions from coal-fired generation.
Weekly Snapshot (in million tonnes CO2e):
Total emissions:
1.570
Electricity from coal:
0.780
Natural gas:
0.204
Petroleum:
0.585
2011 total to date:
10.771
Compared with:
Last week:
* Total emissions fell by 0.5% or 9000 tonnes with a decrease in emissions from coal-fired generation.
* Emissions from coal-fired generation which accounted for 78% of electricity generation fell by 2.6% or 21000 tonnes.
* Emissions from gas grew by 4.9% or 10000 tonnes.
* Emissions from petroleum grew by 0.5% or 3000 tonnes.
* Electricity demand fell by 1.4%.
* QLD exported 8.3% of its electricity generation to other states compared to 7.6% the previous week.
Last year:
* This week’s indicator is 3.3% lower than the same week in 2010.
* Total emissions to this stage of 2011 were 5.3% lower than at the similar stage last year.
Baselines:
* 1990: 111% above
* 2000: 36% above