International Power Mitsui

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International Power Mitsui is the trading name for a consortium of International Power plc (70%) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd (30%) which owned the Loy Yang B power station in Victoria, Australia.^[1]

The power station is located near Traralgon and in 2009 it was estimated to have emitted 9.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e).^[2]

Handout from carbon tax package

The owners of the Loy Yang B power station received $116,904,439.63 of the $1 billion cash payments given out in 2011/12^[3] to the operators of the most polluting coal-fired power stations. The cash was paid from the Energy Security Fund which was established as a part of the carbon tax legislation passed in 2011.^[4]^[5]

Membership of lobby groups

Energy Supply Association of Australia^[6]

Articles and Resources

Related GEM.wiki articles

References

↑ International Power Australia, "Loy Yang B Power Station", International Power Australia website, accessed August 2010.
↑ The Climate Group, Greenhouse Indicator Series: Australian Electricity Generation Report 2009, The Climate Group, August 2010, page 12. (Pdf)
↑ Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency,"Generation complexes eligible to receive Energy Security Fund cash payments", Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency website, July 9, 2012.
↑ Australian Government, "An overview of the Clean Energy Legislative Package", Clean Energy Future website, accessed January 2013.
↑ Energy Security Council, "About the Council", Energy Security Council website, accessed January 2013.
↑ Energy Supply Association of Australia, "List of members", Energy Supply Association of Australia website, accessed September 2010.

Resources

External links

[1] International Power Australia, "Loy Yang B Power Station", International Power Australia website, accessed August 2010.

[ClimateGroup-2] The Climate Group, Greenhouse Indicator Series: Australian Electricity Generation Report 2009, The Climate Group, August 2010, page 12. (Pdf)

[3] Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency,"Generation complexes eligible to receive Energy Security Fund cash payments", Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency website, July 9, 2012.

[4] Australian Government, "An overview of the Clean Energy Legislative Package", Clean Energy Future website, accessed January 2013.

[5] Energy Security Council, "About the Council", Energy Security Council website, accessed January 2013.

[6] Energy Supply Association of Australia, "List of members", Energy Supply Association of Australia website, accessed September 2010.

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