House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-03-25 Daily Xml

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CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS

109 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (30 September 2008). How many tonnes of carbon dioxide are emitted per annum from power station in the upper Spencer Gulf?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change): I have been advised of the following:

It is assumed that the question refers to the coal fired Northern and Playford power stations at Port Augusta. The emissions generated depends on the extent to which these plants operate in any given year but, the Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council's 2008 Annual Planning Report stated that the Northern and Playford power stations generated a combined total of 4,900GWh in 2007-08. The Government is not in a position to comment on the emissions intensity of specific privately operated electricity generating facilities.