Alcoa of Australia Limited
 |
Learn more from the Center for Media and Democracy's research on climate change. |
Alcoa of Australia Limited, which operates under the trading name of Alcoa World Alumina Australia, which is 60% owned by Alcoa Inc. and 40% by Alumina Limited.[1]
Contents
Brown coal burner
Alcoa of Australia own and operate the 150 megawatt Anglesea Power Station.[2] The power station is located near Anglesea and, in 2009, was estimated to have emitted 1.317 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e.)[3] The power station is supplied with coal from the Anglesea mine, which is owned by Alcoa of Australia. The Anglesea mine produces approximately 1 million tonnes of coal a year which is supplied to the adjoining Anglesea power station.[4]
Handout from carbon tax package
Alcoa of Australia received $14,901,959.75 of the $1 billion cash payments given out in 2011/12[5] 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.[6][7]
Personnel
- Alan Cransberg, Managing Director
Membership of lobby groups
Resources
References
- ↑ "40 years of leadership", Alcoa, accessed October 2008.
- ↑ "Operations", Alcoa website, accessed August 2010.
- ↑ The Climate Group, Greenhouse Indicator Series: Australian Electricity Generation Report 2009, The Climate Group, August 2010, page 8. (Pdf)
- ↑ "Coal Mining", Alcoa website, accessed August 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Business Council of Australia, "BCA: Our Members", Business Council of Australia website, accessed September 2010.
Related SourceWatch articles
- Australia and coal
- Victoria and coal
- Australia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions
- Australian Industry Greenhouse Network
- Futureye
- Greening Australia
- Wayne Osborn
External resources
| This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
