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The [[Yallourn W power station]] is located near Yallourn West and in 2009 it was estimated to have emitted 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e).
The Climate Group, [http://www.theclimategroup.org/_assets/files/Greenhouse-Indicator-Generation-Report-2009.pdf Greenhouse Indicator Series: Australian Electricity Generation Report 2009], The Climate Group, August 2010, page 12. (Pdf)
The power station is supplied with 18 million tonnes of brown coal a year from the adjacent [[Yallourn mine]].
TRUenergy, [http://www.truenergy.com.au/Production/Yallourn/mining.xhtml "Mining"], TRUenergy website, accessed August 2010.
The [[Yallourn W power station]] is located near Yallourn West and in 2009 it was estimated to have emitted 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e).
The Climate Group, [http://www.theclimategroup.org/_assets/files/Greenhouse-Indicator-Generation-Report-2009.pdf Greenhouse Indicator Series: Australian Electricity Generation Report 2009], The Climate Group, August 2010, page 12. (Pdf)
The power station is supplied with 18 million tonnes of brown coal a year from the adjacent [[Yallourn mine]].
TRUenergy, [http://www.truenergy.com.au/Production/Yallourn/mining.xhtml "Mining"], TRUenergy website, accessed August 2010.
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==Handout from carbon tax package==
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EnergyAustralia received $257,498,933.37 of the $1 billion cash payments given out in 2011/12
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency,[http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/government/initiatives/energy-security-fund-cash-payments/eligible.aspx "Generation complexes eligible to receive Energy Security Fund cash payments"], Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency website, July 9, 2012.
to the operators of the most polluting coal-fired power stations. The cash was paid from the [[Energy Security Fund]] which was established as a part of the carbon tax legislation passed in 2011.
Australian Government, [http://www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au/clean-energy-future/an-overview-of-the-clean-energy-legislative-package/ "An overview of the Clean Energy Legislative Package"], Clean Energy Future website, accessed January 2013.
Energy Security Council, [http://www.energysecuritycouncil.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?doc=about.htm "About the Council"], Energy Security Council website, accessed January 2013.
==One story for politicians, another for investors==
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