Source: The Weekly Greenhouse Indicator
QUEENSLAND 4 February to 10 February 2011
The story: Emissions from energy last week grew by 1.0% due to an increase of 2.0% in emissions from coal-fired generation.
Weekly Snapshot (in million tonnes CO2e):
Total emissions: 1.579
Electricity from coal: 0.802
Natural gas: 0.194
Petroleum: 0.582
2011 total to date: 9.237
Compared with:
Last week:
* Total emissions grew by 1.0% or 15000 tonnes with an increase in emissions from coal-fired generation.
* Emissions from coal-fired generation which accounted for 80% of electricity generation grew by 2.0% or 16000 tonnes.
* Emissions from gas fell by 2.1% or 4000 tonnes.
* Emissions from petroleum grew by 0.5% or 3000 tonnes.
* Electricity demand grew by 0.5%.
* QLD exported 7.6% 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 5.3% lower than at the similar stage last year.
Baselines:
* 1990: 112% above
* 2000: 37% above