Electricity from Clive Palmer’s coal power station would cost four times current price, report says
by Ben Smee from on (#5Q5J9)
Waratah Coal's Galilee plant cannot compete with new renewables, according to a Queensland Conservation Council analysis
Electricity produced by Clive Palmer's remote coal power station would be four times more costly than the current market price, an analysis commissioned by conservation groups claims.
Palmer's company Waratah Coal has taken the unusual step of lodging a development application for the power station with the Barcaldine regional council, rather than the Queensland government.
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