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Gas-fired power has unrivalled potential to help Australia meet its carbon pollution reduction targets. While renewable energies are currently not sustainable around-the-clock, gas offers an excellent bridging alternative to coal in the coming decade.
Gas produces about half of the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, and is available all day and night, like coal, to power our homes and businesses. The following table details the contribution each ERM generation project is making to reduce Australia's greenhouse emissions. It outlines the comparitive amount of CO2 produced by a gas-fired (versus coal-fired) power station, and the quantity of emissions saved over the life of the project.
The table below summarises the comparative environmental benefits associated with gas-fired generation assets developed by ERM Power since 1998. The comparison is with the average greenhouse gas intensity of the Australian electricity generation sector.
| PROJECT | Capacity (MW) | Annual running duration | Power produced (MWh/yr) | Tonnes of CO2 produced | Equivalent CO2 produced by coal | tCO2 saved/ year |
Operating life (years) | Lifetime CO2 |
| Oakey | 300 MW | 10% | 262,800 | 210,240 | 262,800 | 52,560 | 30 | 1,576,800 |
| Braemar 1 | 450 MW | 45% | 1,773,900 | 1,153,035 | 1,773,900 | 620,865 | 30 | 18,625,950 |
| Braemar 2 | 450 MW | 45% | 1,773,900 | 1,153,035 | 1,773,900 | 620,865 | 30 | 18,625,950 |
| Kwinana | 320 MW | 95% | 2,663,040 | 1,145,107 | 2,663,040 | 1,517,933 | 30 |
45,537,984 |
| Uranquinty | 640 MW | 15% | 840,960 | 546,624 | 840,960 | 294,336 | 30 | 8,830,080 |
| Neerabup | 330 MW | 25% | 722,700 | 469,755 | 7,227,000 | 252,945 | 30 |
8,830,080 |