The tussle between emissions reduction and reliable, affordable energy is a political tightrope which must be traversed.
The Minns government faces a test of its economic and environmental credentials as the state’s clean energy transition hits a major stumbling block.s Michael McGowan, a review of the NSW electricity network has recommended the Labor administration make a deal with Origin Energy to extend the life of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station.
Any deal between the NSW government and Origin will likely involve hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding being used to prop up the ageing 2880-megawatt facility, which was privatised in 2013 by the then Coalition government. . A spokesman on Tuesday said the company continued to “engage with the NSW government, our people and the local community regarding plans for the plant’s closure”.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned that homes and businesses in every state on Australia’s eastern seaboard are at risk of electricity shortages from 2027 as looming closures of several coal-fired power stations collide with delays in building crucial new gas and clean energy projects to replace them. Delays to the Snowy 2.0 hydroelectricity project are also exacerbating the problem.
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