This fact sheet explores how industry can save energy, lower greenhouse gas emissions and reduce power bills by employing energy efficient practices within the workplace through techniques such as energy audits, recycling waste heat, and improving lighting systems.

Coal is a common fuel used worldwide mainly in the production of electricity. It is used for cooling, heating, powering machines, charging mobile phones and even electric cars. It is also used in furnaces to produce metals like steel and can be used in the manufacturing of plastics, explosives, fertilisers, cement, bricks and tiles. Find out more about coal, its uses, how it is mined and processed the coal export industry in this fact sheet.

These items are made by mining and processing minerals into metals and other materials.This fact sheet looks at the underground mining process and the technology used to extract these minerals from the earth. The affects of mining on the environment and methods used to rehabilitate underground mines after mining are also included.

These items are made by mining and processing minerals into metals and other materials.This fact sheet looks at the open-cut mining process, used to extract these minerals from the earth; its affect on the environment and methods used to rehabilitate open-cut mines after mining.

Students build a flowchart to summarise electricity production in coal-fired power stations.

How does coal generate electricity? This interactive 3D animated model explains the mechanisms of coal fired power. The generation of Queenslands coal fired power using latest technologies is shown in stages from Providing the Fuel to Cleaning the Gases.

This interactive Google Earth energy map provides the locations for all Fossil Fuel Power Stations generating electricity in Australia. Scroll your mouse over the map to reveal location details and generating capacity of coal and gas fired power stations in Australia. To view details of the installation and associated websites click on the icon.

Coal gasification and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) are low emission coalfired power generation technologies. Find out more about the process of integrating a coal gasification power plant with the capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to generate low emission base-load electricity in this fact sheet.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies enable carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from the burning of coal to be captured and stored rather than emitted into the atmosphere. Find out more about carbon capture and storage in this fact sheet, including how it is captured and seperated and what is happening in Australia around this technology.

Much debate is around at present about coal. Examine the myths and facts about Australian coal. Includes statistics on coal exports, the contribution of Australian coal emissions to global greenhouse gases, the percentage of coal fired electricity used in Australia and export destinations of Australian coal.