{"id":29301,"date":"2019-04-03T05:42:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T19:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=29301"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:31:54","slug":"npi-coal-pollution-mb0999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/npi-coal-pollution-mb0999\/","title":{"rendered":"NPI Report Highlights Need For Coal Power Pollution Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29302\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29302\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coal-pollution-australia-1024x558.jpg\" alt=\"Coal power and air pollution in Australia\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coal-pollution-australia-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coal-pollution-australia-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coal-pollution-australia-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coal-pollution-australia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/-HpgebSN_OI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Diana Parkhouse<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Environmental Justice Australia states this year&#8217;s National Pollutant Inventory report results strengthens the case for getting tough on air pollution created by the nation&#8217;s coal-fired clunkers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Coal fired power stations spew all sorts of nasty stuff into the atmosphere &#8211;\u00a0 fine particles, mercury, oxides of oxygen and sulfur dioxide among it.<\/p>\n<p>An independent study of coal power&#8217;s health impacts by epidemiologist and researcher Dr Benjamin Ewald published last year stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nsw-coal-power-kills-mb0835\/\">279 deaths occur in New South Wales alone<\/a> annually from related air pollution.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cState premiers could, at the stroke of a pen, reduce this toxic air pollution by 95% or more by requiring coal-burning generators to install best available technology to control fine particle pollution, mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide,&#8221; said EJA researcher, Dr James Whelan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just on the issue of mercury, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npi.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Pollutant Inventory<\/a> indicates Victorian coal-fired power stations were emitting far more it than other plants in Australia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alinta\u2019s Loy Yang B &#8211; 280kg per annum<\/li>\n<li>AGL\u2019s Loy Yang A &#8211; 292kg per annum<\/li>\n<li>EnergyAustralia\u2019s Yallourn &#8211; 436kg per annum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most other coal generators across the nation reported mercury emissions well under 100kg per annum. But that doesn&#8217;t make them &#8220;clean&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other disturbing stats pulled from the report include Tarong power station in Queensland emitted more than 2 million kilograms of\u00a0 fine particle pollution, which EJA says is 15 times more than Origin Energy\u2019s Eraring facility, Australia\u2019s largest operating coal power station. So, what does Eraring have that Tarong doesn&#8217;t? Bag filters.<\/p>\n<h2>Estimated Vs. Actual Emissions<\/h2>\n<p>EJA also point out most power station operators estimate their various emissions using handbooks developed decades ago. The difference between estimated and actual measurements could be huge. It cites the example of QLD government-owned Stanwell Power Station, which installed continuous emission monitoring. The result? Its reported emissions of oxides of nitrogen doubled &#8211; from 18 to 36 million kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Whelan says all power stations should be compelled to install continuous stack monitoring and technologies including bag filters, flue gas desulfurisation and selective catalytic reduction.<\/p>\n<p>As for Dr. Ewald, who is also a member of Doctors for the Environment, he believes Australian governments should reject all proposals for new or expanded power stations unless they include modern pollution control technologies.<\/p>\n<p>But even if the necessary technology was installed to address these pollutants, that still won&#8217;t address carbon dioxide emissions or the other damage that the coal industry wreaks. It doesn&#8217;t matter what type of coal station is involved; whether it be a conventional brown or black coal burner, a supercritical plant, an ultra- supercritical plant or a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious facility, clean coal will remain an oxymoron and High Efficiency, Low Emissions (HELE) coal power continue to be a misleading term.<\/p>\n<p>More from Environmental Justice Australia&#8217;s NPI analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/envirojustice.org.au\/press-release\/coal-fired-power-stations-top-biggest-polluter-list-again-as-toxic-emissions-from-oldest-power-stations-soar-national-pollutant-inventory\/#:~:text=Analysis%20of%20just%20released%20data,of%20the%20most%20toxic%20pollutants.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Justice Australia states this year&#8217;s National Pollutant Inventory report results strengthens the case for getting tough on air pollution created by the 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