Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Hazelwood Power Station is a brown coal-fuelled base-load thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia. Built between 1964 and 1971, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity power station supplies up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total energy demand. It is a \"subcritical\" Pulverized coal-fired boiler. Hazelwood produces 2.8% of Australia's CO2 emissions and 0.057% of world emissions. The station was listed as the least carbon efficient power station in the OECD in a 2005 report by WWF Australia, making it one of the most polluting power stations in the world.International Power plc purchased Hazelwood from the Victorian Government in 1996 with a 40-year life. The Bracks Labor Government subsequently approved an environmental effects statement in 2005 that allowed Hazelwood to move a road and a river to access the coal allocated to Hazelwood at the time of sale. There is an estimated 500 years of easily accessed coal reserves remaining in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. In late 2008, International Power stated the financial viability of the power station would be in question under an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), unless the company received significant compensation.The Hazelwood Power Station and adjoining mine is now jointly owned by GDF SUEZ Australian Energy, a subsidiary of GDF Suez, with a 72 per cent share and Mitsui & Co. with a 28 per cent share. As of 2014, Hazelwood directly employed over 500 full-time staff and at least another (full-time) 300 contractors, with hundreds more employed during scheduled major outages."@en }
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- Hazelwood_Power_Station abstract "The Hazelwood Power Station is a brown coal-fuelled base-load thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia. Built between 1964 and 1971, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity power station supplies up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total energy demand. It is a \"subcritical\" Pulverized coal-fired boiler. Hazelwood produces 2.8% of Australia's CO2 emissions and 0.057% of world emissions. The station was listed as the least carbon efficient power station in the OECD in a 2005 report by WWF Australia, making it one of the most polluting power stations in the world.International Power plc purchased Hazelwood from the Victorian Government in 1996 with a 40-year life. The Bracks Labor Government subsequently approved an environmental effects statement in 2005 that allowed Hazelwood to move a road and a river to access the coal allocated to Hazelwood at the time of sale. There is an estimated 500 years of easily accessed coal reserves remaining in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. In late 2008, International Power stated the financial viability of the power station would be in question under an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), unless the company received significant compensation.The Hazelwood Power Station and adjoining mine is now jointly owned by GDF SUEZ Australian Energy, a subsidiary of GDF Suez, with a 72 per cent share and Mitsui & Co. with a 28 per cent share. As of 2014, Hazelwood directly employed over 500 full-time staff and at least another (full-time) 300 contractors, with hundreds more employed during scheduled major outages.".