International Power Mitsui

International Power Mitsui is the trading name for a consortium of International Power plc (70%) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd (30%) which owned the Loy Yang B power station in Victoria, Australia.

The power station is located near Traralgon and in 2009 it was estimated to have emitted 9.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e).

Handout from carbon tax package
The owners of the Loy Yang B power station received $116,904,439.63 of the $1 billion cash payments given out in 2011/12 to the operators of the most polluting coal-fired power stations. The cash was paid from the Energy Security Fund which was established as a part of the carbon tax legislation passed in 2011.

Membership of lobby groups

 * Energy Supply Association of Australia

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