National Energy Emissions Audit

Part of the Climate & Energy Program

The Australia Institute has launched the National Energy Emissions Audit (The Audit), written by respected energy analyst and ANU Honorary Associate Professor, Dr Hugh Saddler, which tracks Australia's emissions of greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels.

The National Energy Emissions Audit will be published on a quarterly basis, in September, December, March and June each year. In each intermediate month the NEEA Electricity Update will report on changes to emissions from electricity generation in the National Electricity Market (NEM).

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Gas exports and the latest electricity price hikes: The Audit - Electricity Update

The Australia Institute has released the Electricity Update of the National Energy Emissions Audit (The Audit*) for July 2017.

The report, by renowned energy analyst Dr Hugh Saddler, reveals a stunning correlation between domestic electricity prices and gas prices, despite gas making up only 10 percent of electricity generation.

Australian gas prices have risen significantly, as predicted, upon the development of export terminals and the linking of domestic gas to the Asian market.

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12 July 2017

The Audit Electricity Update - Finkel Review

Welcome to the first issue of the The Audit - Electricity Update, the companion publication to the National Energy Emissions Audit Report.

Each issue of Electricity Update will also contain a more detailed discussion of one or two particular topics relating to the electricity system which have assumed particular importance in the period prior to publication. For this inaugural publication the topic is, of course, the Report of the Finkel Review.

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15 June 2017

The Australia Institute launches National Energy Emissions Audit

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15 June 2017

CEDEX Report: ACT 100% target helps break investment drought. Supply not the issue for SA blackout

The Australia Institute, in partnership with engineering consultants pitt&sherry, has released the latest Carbon Emissions Index (CEDEX).

The CEDEX is the benchmark indicator for Australia’s carbon emissions and an up to date snapshot of vital data from the energy sector.

The report released today reviews the impact of the ACT’s 100% target on development of renewable energy resources in Victoria and South Australia.

Report author, energy consultant Hugh Saddler, also remarks on the stability of supply in South Australia in the wake of remarkable and claims made in the wake of the state’s storm-induced blackout.

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7 October 2016

CEDEX: Gas generation falls for 18th month in succession

The year to June 2016 saw a continuation of the slowdown in demand growth first seen last month.

Total emissions from electricity generation in the NEM fell slightly in the year to June 2016. Annual emissions were 5.7% higher than in the year to June 2014.

Total coal generation fell slightly to 75.8%, compared with a minimum of 72.3% in the year to July 2014. Gas generation fell again, for the eighteenth month in succession. Both hydro and wind generation increased and, as a result, total renewable generation reached 13.6%, its highest level since September 2014.

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11 July 2016

CEDEX: Gas responsible for continued surge in black coal emissions - May 2016

After total electricity demand declined for four years between 2010 and 2014, this month saw demand increased for the fourteenth successive month.

The major factor pushing the resurgence of electricity demand is Queensland’s coal seam gas exports. CSG production uses a lot of electricity to power the pumps and compressors needed to extract the gas from hundreds of wells and pipe it hundreds of kilometres to Gladstone. This has been the main driver in both increased electricity demand and increased carbon emissions.

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12 May 2016

CEDEX: Electricity demand and emissions continue to grow, plus a closer look at Tasmania - April 2016

The April 2016 Carbon Emissions Index (CEDEX®) Report by pitt&sherry and The Australia Institute (TAI) indicates that electricity generation, demand and consumption continues to be on the increase nationally following a seventeen month trend. The total annual demand in the NEM is now 2.5% higher than the low point recorded for the year ending February 2015. This rate of demand growth was considered normal for the electricity industry up until 2004, but has not been seen since that time.

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12 May 2016

CEDEX: Diesel impact on petroleum emissions - March 2016

The March 2016 Carbon Emissions Index (CEDEX®) report by pitt&sherry and The Australia Institute indicates that while electricity generation continues to be the greatest contributor to emissions, principally through black and brown coal generation, petroleum and in particular diesel is a significant contributor to the increased growth in emissions with road transport and mining applications producing the weight of the CO₂-e emissions.

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12 May 2016

CEDEX: Electricity demand continues to rise in Australia - February 2016

The February 2016 Carbon Emissions Index (CEDEX®) Report by pitt&sherry and The Australia Institute (TAI) has found that national electricity demand continues to rise on average by 0.17% per month, and although emissions fell slightly in the year to 31 January 2016 as a result of decreased brown coal generation and increased hydro generation, electricity emissions overall have experienced an upward trajectory since their lowest point in June 2014.

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12 May 2016

CEDEX shows 2015 a year of emissions rises

Electricity emissions from the National Energy Market in Australia in 2015 increased 2.4 per cent on 2014 levels and have increased by 5.1 per cent since their lowest point in the year to June 2014, when the carbon price was abolished.

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14 January 2016

National Energy Emissions Audit

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