NSW government rebuts federal criticism of its electricity "roadmap" as tensions rise over Kurri gas power station

Ian Kirkwood
January 29 2021 - 9:07am
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NEW LEASE OF LIFE: A satellite image of the former smelter footprint taken on January 17, and an aerial photograph of the operating business in 2007. Main image: Nearmap, courtesy of Hydro
NEW LEASE OF LIFE: A satellite image of the former smelter footprint taken on January 17, and an aerial photograph of the operating business in 2007. Main image: Nearmap, courtesy of Hydro

THE federal government has upped the ante on its proposed Kurri Kurri gas-fired power station, pushing AGL and Energy Australia for "final investment decisions" by April 30 on similar "peaking" stations at Tomago and Tallawarra, south of Wollongong.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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