12 February 2021
A new project launched by the Australia Beyond Coal campaign aims to quantify in great detail the variety of impacts relating to Australia’s uniquely significant fleet of coal-fired power stations.
It finds that AGL’s coal-fired power stations are responsible for the vast majority of licence breaches, breakdowns and pollution within the National Electricity Market (NEM). AGL’s Bayswater, Loy Yang A and Liddell plants were found to have breached their licence agreements a total of 111 times since 2015 (Loy Yang B did not record any breaches in the period studied).
“Shockingly, Australia has weaker coal burning pollution laws than the EU, the USA and China,” said Greenpeace CEO David Ritter. Greenpeace is among several environmental groups behind the alliance.