What is the highest-emitting power plant in Australia?

Bayswater is the largest emitter at 16,222,200 tCO₂e/yr.

How many plants are in this ranking?

This ranking includes the top 10 power plants with CO₂ emissions data out of 136 plants with data in Australia.

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Top 10 highest-emitting power plants in Australia

The highest-emitting power plants in Australia ranked by asset-level annual CO₂ emissions. Measured data from US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS, estimated data from Climate TRACE. Open dataset.

Rank	Power Plant	Fuel	Owner	Annual CO₂
1	Bayswater	Coal	Macquarie Generation	16,222,200 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
2	Loy Yang A	Coal	GEAC Great Energy Alliance Corporation	14,224,300 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
3	Tarong	Coal	Stanwell Corporation Ltd	8,355,300 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
4	Yallourn	Coal	TRUenergy	8,292,900 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
5	Stanwell	Coal	Stanwell Corporation Ltd	8,262,300 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
6	Mt Piper	Coal	Delta	7,404,100 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
7	Vales Point B	Coal	Delta Electricity	6,455,300 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
8	Gladstone	Coal	GPS Joint Venture	6,320,800 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
9	Callide A	Coal	CS Energy	6,126,600 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)
10	Millmerran	Coal	Intergen	5,440,400 tCO₂e/yr (estimated)

Methodology

CO₂ emissions are asset-level annual estimates from three sources:

Measured data (US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS): actual reported emissions from industrial facilities in the United States and European Union.
Estimated data (Climate TRACE): modelled emissions based on operating parameters and fuel consumption, suitable for cross-national comparison but not facility-specific verification.
Open data sources: Global Energy Monitor (GEM), Global Carbon Atlas, national grid operators and Climate TRACE.

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