Black Hydrogen Operation – Bell Bay
The science is clear: the proposed coal mine at Fingal feeding a black hydrogen operation at Bell Bay would be a climate disaster.
The science is clear: the proposed coal mine at Fingal feeding a black hydrogen operation at Bell Bay would be a climate disaster.
The proposed new coal mine for Fingal is a looming Tasmanian climate disaster
Hydrogen is obviously critical for Tasmania and the investment so far is $140 million, $70 million Tasmania's, $70million federal.
I have received a stream of promotional materials from Font PR of behalf of Tas Gas and the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline over the last few months.
We've heard that Hydro Tasmania didn't think there was enough energy for hydrogen which contradicted the Government's position.
Two weeks ago Hydro said to Twiggy Forrest that according to him Hydro couldn't provide 250 megawatts of power for that project.
Now the CEO has left and there is plenty of speculation that a rift has occurred between Government and Hydro.
The Federal Liberal Budget has killed off public investment in climate-friendly energy generation.
Thermal coal combustion is a key driver of increasing greenhouse gas emissions and rising global temperatures.
What we do with energy into the future is the most important decision we can make as a Tasmanian Parliament.