- GreenStreet – this website enables you to calculate your carbon production and helps you with suggestions for lowering your output
- The Climate Group – Carbon emissions for Queensland the week
Queensland
This week’s (7 May to 13 May) Queensland Indicator is 1.419 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions the breakdown is as follows:
In tonnes:
Electricity from coal: 0.815 million; 57.4%
Natural gas-fired electricity: 0.114 million; 8.1%
Petroleum: 0.490 million; 34.5%
This week
This week Queenslands energy emissions fell by 0.8% or 12000 tonnes due to a decrease in emissions from gas.
Emissions sources
Emissions from coal-fired electricity which accounted for 88% of Queenslands generation grew by 1.2% or 10000 tonnes.
Emissions from gas fell by 15% or 20000 tonnes.
Emissions from petroleum fell by 0.4% or 2000 tonnes.
Demand & Import/Export
Electricity demand fell by 0.8%.
Queensland exported 9.6% of its power generated to other states compared to 10% last week.
Comparisons
This weeks Indicator is 3.2% lower than the same week in 2009 and total emissions to this stage of 2010 are 0.8% lower than the similar stage last year.
This weeks Indicator is 90% above the average equivalent 1990 weekly emissions and 23% above the equivalent 2000 weekly average.