Environment
Air emissions - carbon monoxide (CO)
AGL Loy Yang carbon monoxide emissions increased 101% in FY24, with a 12% increase in lignite coal combustion. The increase in emissions is due to less efficient combustion in the power station boilers.
Bayswater Power Station carbon monoxide emissions increased 9% in FY24. The increase in emissions directly aligns with the increase in sub-bituminous coal combustion (up 10%).
AGL Torrens carbon monoxide emissions decreased 6% in FY24. The decrease in carbon monoxide emissions is attributable to the decrease in natural gas combustion at AGL Torrens (down 12%).
FY24 data was updated on November 2024. A subset of data (comprising emissions associated with the combustion of black coal at Bayswater and Liddell power stations, black and brown coal as well as natural gas at AGL Loy Yang Power Station, and gas and fuel oil at AGL Torrens Power Station) was reported with the initial release of the FY24 Data Centre on August 14. |
For the purposes of this data set, AGL Torrens comprises the Torrens Island Power Station and the Barker Inlet Power Station, which commenced operation in December 2019. |
All figures have been rounded to the nearest kilogram. |
Emissions from Kwinana Power Station have been included from FY20. |
Air emissions data for AGL sites is publicly reported NPI data. See www.npi.gov.au |
The emission factors used in AGL's NPI reports are sourced from relevant industry emission estimation technique manuals available on the NPI website. |