CANBERRA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Following is a list of Australia's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, ranked by the amount of carbon each directly releases into the atmosphere a year, according to the latest government data*.
The table also calculates the gross cost of these emissions based on a starting price of A${esc.dollar}23 a tonne. These firms, though, are likely to be awarded significant government compensation to cushion the blow.
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COMPANY Emissions @A${esc.dollar}23/tonne
mln t/yr Macquarie Generation 23.4 A${esc.dollar}538.2m Delta Electricity 20.5 A${esc.dollar}471.5m Great Energy alliance 19.8 A${esc.dollar}455.4m Corp Pty Ltd International Power 17.2 A${esc.dollar}395.6 Australia) Holdings Pty Ltd C S Energy Ltd 16.8 A${esc.dollar}386.4m TRUenergy Holdings Pty 15.6 A${esc.dollar}358.8m Ltd Eraring Energy 12.1 A${esc.dollar}278.3m BlueScope Steel Ltd 10.8 A${esc.dollar}248.4m Loy Yang Holdings Pty 10.2 A${esc.dollar}234.6m Ltd OzGen Holdings 10.2 A${esc.dollar}234.6m Australia Pty Ltd Electricity Generation 8.4 A${esc.dollar}193.2m Corp T/A Verve Energy Woodside Petroleum 8.4 A${esc.dollar}193.2m Ltd BHP Billiton Ltd, BHP 8.3 A${esc.dollar}190.9m Billiton Energy Coal, BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia Tarong Energy 8.2 A${esc.dollar}188.6m Corporation Ltd Alinta Energy Limited 7.9 A${esc.dollar}181.7m Rio Tinto Ltd 7.7 A${esc.dollar}177.1m Stanwell Corporation 7.4 A${esc.dollar}170.2m Ltd NRG Victoria 1 Pty Ltd 7.0 A${esc.dollar}161.0m Alcoa Australian 6.8 A${esc.dollar}156.4m Holdings Pty Ltd Xstrata 6.1 A${esc.dollar}140.3m Anglo American 4.1 A${esc.dollar}94.3m Australia Ltd Qantas Airways Ltd 4 A${esc.dollar}92.0m Queensland Alumina 3.6 A${esc.dollar}82.8m Ltd(80 pct Rio Tinto) Santos Ltd 3.6 A${esc.dollar}82.8m Adelaide Brighton Ltd 3.1 A${esc.dollar}71.3m
* Source: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting, 2009-10.
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(Compiled by James Grubel)
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