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"The chair of Australia’s largest group of clean energy investors has described
the federal Coalition’s push for nuclear power as a “gas Trojan horse,” and a
political wedge intended to douse investment in renewables and prolong the use
of fossil fuels.
John Martin, CEO of renewables developer Windlab and chair of the Clean Energy
Investor Group, on Monday named wedge politics as one of biggest issues holding
back the shift to renewables in Australia, describing the current industry
status quo as “really, really challenging.”
“Australia is the land of wedges,” Martin told the 2024 Clean Energy Investor
Conference in Melbourne.
“When I think of the whole nuclear debate, I don’t see that as really about
nuclear. It’s a gas Trojan horse,” Martin told the conference.
“If you do any modeling, what will happen? The coal will go, nuclear will take
forever, none of us are going to invest in renewables knowing we can’t compete
against government-funded nuclear, [so that] big gap will be filled with gas.
So there’s a wedge there that’s being aimed at us.”
Painting renewables as a natural enemy of the environment and wildlife is
“another fantastic wedge strategy,” Martin says, that likewise threatens to
derail progress on decarbonisation, while doing nothing to address the urgent
need to reform Australia’s environment and biodiversity protection rules."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
