Mcquarie Generation Power Station is important to the Australian economy because it provides power from the Hunter Valley all the way down to Tasmania. This is a large tract of land for just one power station to be providing power to. The station is comparable to the ones being built in China. It was also interesting that coal comes in by conveyors via Hunter Valley mines.
Port Waratah Coal Services makes up a large part of the Australian economy. It has provided jobs for many people. It might seem like a contradictory statement seeing most things are animated but just step back and think about the process. Coal miners are employed at the mines, then from the mines it goes onto a train, then it ends up at the port, and finally it ends getting loaded on the boat and shipped out of the country. This chain of movement puts many people to work. It is also the largest coal exporting port in the world. As Brian and I mentioned in our presentations it can load 5 ships at a time and it has many plans for adding a fourth terminal at Kooragang which will allow it to load 6 ships at a time. This is why it plays such a significant role in the global economy (most efficient coal exporting port in the world).
Its contradictory nature is unavoidable. Coal is such a large part of the economy downsizing it would be detrimental to the entire economy. Also the demand for coal is so high that ports in Newcastle are making large expansions to accommodate demand now as well in the future. But coal is a fossil fuel and other countries are burning to create power releasing more CO2 changing Australia’s climate even more.
As a member of the mining group I will definitely incorporate some of the presentation that was given to us at PWCS by Brian. Most likely the logistic display that was used as well as include some numbers that were given of the amounts of coal being loaded onto the ships and how many ships they have traveling through their port annually.
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