Cleaner Power Stations
The Gillard Labor Government will introduce tough new emissions standards for all new coal-fired power stations.
All new coal-fired stations will be required to meet best practice emissions standards, and be Carbon Capture and Storage-ready (CCS-ready).
Federal Labor is committed to ensuring that future energy generation in Australia is cleaner and greener and that we don’t build generation capacity which is not consistent with the low pollution economy of the future.
At present, 77 per cent of Australia’s electricity supply is generated by black and brown coal-fired power stations.
A Gillard Labor Government will also place additional obligations on existing coal-fired power stations to find opportunities to reduce their emissions by expanding the Energy Efficiency Opportunities program, and publishing facility-level data supplied by power stations under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting program.
Cleaner Power Stations - Fact Sheet
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