11th – 17th March 2011 Source: The Greenhouse Weekly Indicator
The story: Emissions from energy last week fell by 1.5% due largely to a reduction in emissions from petroleum.
Weekly Snapshot (in million tonnes CO2e):
Total emissions: 1.480
Electricity from coal: 0.754
Natural gas: 0.192
Petroleum: 0.534
2011 total to date: 16.942
Compared with:
Last week:
* Total emissions fell by 1.5% or 23000 tonnes due largely to a reduction in emissions from petroleum.
* Emissions from coal-fired generation which accounted for 77% of electricity generation fell by 0.6% or 5000 tonnes.
* Emissions from gas were virtually the same as last week.
* Emissions from petroleum fell by 3.3% or 18000 tonnes.
* Electricity demand grew by 2.1%.
* QLD exported 9.3% of its electricity generation to other states compared to 10% the previous week.
Last year:
* This week’s indicator is 4.9% lower than the same week in 2010.
* Total emissions to this stage of 2011 were 4.3% lower than at the similar stage last year.
Baselines:
* 1990: 98% above
* 2000: 28% above