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Greenhouse Challenge Plus

Verve Energy is continually working to reducing the impact of atmospheric emissions on the environment.

Our Greenhouse Challenge Plus Cooperative Agreement

Through our Greenhouse Challenge Plus Cooperative Agreement with the Australian Greenhouse Office, Verve Energy is working to abate, or lessen, the rate of greenhouse gas emissions from its production of electricity.

The most effective actions for reducing greenhouse gases from electricity production are through:

  • Use of more greenhouse friendly fuels to generate electricity;
  • Use of more efficient electricity generation technologies;
  • Use of renewable energy sources to replace fossils fuels for electricity generation.

Through our Greenhouse Challenge Plus Cooperative Agreement, we aim to:

  • Replace aged coal fired generation plant with high efficiency gas fired generation plant such as the Cockburn combined cycle power station;
  • Develop gas fired cogeneration projects delivering high efficiency in fuel utilisation such as at Kwinana (with Tiwest) and Worsley;
  • Develop renewable energy projects such as the wind-diesel system at Denham;
  • Purchase electricity from independent cogeneration and renewable energy projects;
  • Increase the use of renewable energy generators such as wind farms at Albany and Esperance;
  • Sequestration (tree planting); and
  • Education on energy use and the greenhouse effect.

Generator Efficiency Standards


Most units at  Muja, Collie, Kwinana and Cockburn power stations have signed up to Generator Efficiency Standards(GES), which is part of Greenhouse Challenge Plus.  Specific objectives of the GES measure are to:

  • achieve movement towards best practice in the efficiency of fossil-fuelled electricity generation; and 
  • deliver reductions in the greenhouse gas intensity of energy supply.

Improving the efficiency of the fossil-fuel combustion process will lead to reductions in the greenhouse intensity of the Australian energy sector.

 

Did you know?

Verve Energy is working to abate, or lessen, the rate of greenhouse gas emissions from its production of electricity.

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