Antinuclear

Will Liberal MP Rowan Ramsay stand up for Port Augusta and clean energy?

Repower Port Augusta urges MP support for CEFC  ABC A renewable energy group in Port Augusta is calling on local federal MP Rowan Ramsay to stand up to his Coalition colleagues against scrapping the clean energy fund.

Repower Port Augusta has been campaigning for the Alinta coal-fired power station to be transformed into a solar thermal plant. Repower’s Lisa Lumsden says the Government’s plans to scrap the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) could convince Alinta that the project is not viable.

Alinta is doing a feasibility study on the proposal and Ms Lumsden says if it is viable, the clean energy fund will be crucial to its realisation. “At this point in time, we haven’t got a deal for solar thermal from the CEFC,” she said. “The feasibility study isn’t due to be finished until another 18 months.” “It will require some additional funding because it’s a first build … it’s a first build for the nation.”……..

A bill to abolish the CEFC will return to the Senate in coming months, after being rejected once before. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-02/repower-port-augusta-urges-mp-support-for-cefc/53618702

April 3, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News