The Clean Energy Regulator have released the National Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reporting (NGER) data for 2016-17.
The Clean Energy Regulator’s website states that each year, Australian corporations that meet certain thresholds are required to report their emissions and energy information to them. This data helps inform government policy and programs and meet Australia’s international reporting obligations.
The Clean Energy Regulator also stated that in the 2016-17 year, corporations reported a total of 336 million tonnes of scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions, which represents an overall increase in emissions of 1.8 million tonnes on the previous year. This is the lowest year-on-year growth in emissions in the last three years.The data also reported 86 million tonnes of scope 2 emissions and 3,887 petajoules of net energy consumed.
The Clean Energy Regulator’s website states that it should be noted that the results of the scope 1 emissions includes a 7.9 million tonne increase in reported emissions from oil and gas extraction (mostly liquefied natural gas production), largely due to new and increased production in WA and Queensland. This includes emissions attributable to the commissioning and start-up of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and domestic gas production from the Gorgon Project in WA.
While the website states that the information reported as part of the 2016-17 NGER data can’t be compared to the data and publications from previous years, the NGER data for the last four-to-five years can be found below:
| Year | Scope 1 emissions
(million tonnes) |
Scope 2 emissions
(million tonnes) |
Net Energy consumed
(Petajoules) |
| 2013-14 | 312 | 88 | 5,100 |
| 2014-15 | 322 | 91 | 5,422 |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 90 | 3,956 |
| 2016-17 | 336 | 86 | 3,887 |
The National Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reporting (NGER) data for 2016-17 can be found here.
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