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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent

Cold start to spring sees Australians use 30% more gas than last year – even though the price was up too

Electricity towers in Sydney, Australia
A cold start to the September quarter helped lift electricity demand by 3.4%. The share of power from renewables reached a record 39.3% on average. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s main electricity grid increased for a third quarter in a row as higher power demand drove more use of black coal and gas plants, the Australian Energy Market Operator says.

For the September quarter alone, emissions from the national electricity market (Nem) that serves the eastern states and South Australia rose 2% from a year earlier, Aemo said in its quarterly market report.

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