Renewable energy project for Perth
Power station plan promises ‘renewable energy to the south-west’ ABC News, Mon 18 Nov 2013, A private company is proposing to build a renewable energy station in Perth that would add power to the south-west energy grid using recycled waste.
A six-week public consultation period is open for New Energy Corporation’s proposal for the gas-fired power station in east Rockingham. Gas produced from waste material will be burnt to produce electricity for the grid.
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has already approved the technology for the company at a similar facility in Port Hedland.
New Energy’s Jason Pugh says renewable energy is a sustainable option considering the struggles of the south-west coal industry.”Certainly with some of the issues that the coal industry is going through and also the price of energy in the market at the moment, this project represents a real opportunity to get renewable energy to the south-west,” he said.
He says renewable energy is becoming vital considering the struggles faced by the coal-fired energy industry in Collie. “The technology that we’re employing has already been approved by the EPA in our Port Hedland facility at Boodarie but we acknowledge that the community is the major stakeholder in this project, so we’re working really hard to inform the community through this process, firstly through the six-week period,” he said…….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-18/power-station-plan-promises-renewable-energy-to/5099426
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