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"National leader David Littleproud has threatened to tear up contracts for wind
and solar farm developments, in the latest broadside against large scale
renewable energy from the federal Coalition.
The remarks – reported by the
Newcastle Herald and later verified by
Renew
Economy via a transcript – were made in a press conference last week in
Newcastle, when Littleproud was campaigning against offshore wind projects and
outlining the Coalition’s hope that it could build a nuclear power plant in the
upper Hunter Valley.
The Coalition has vowed to stop the roll out of large scale renewables, and
keep coal fired power plants open in the hope that they can build nuclear power
plants – recognised around the world as the most expensive power technology on
the planet – some time in the late 2030s and 2040s.
No one in the energy industry, nor large energy consumers for that matter, are
the slightest bit interested in nuclear because of its huge costs and time it
takes to build, and because it would set back Australia’s short term emissions
reductions.
But the comments about contracts are the most sinister to date, and reflect the
determination of a party leader who just a few years ago described renewables
and storage as a “good thing”, including the huge wind and solar projects that
are being built in his own electorate, to destroy the renewables industry."
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
