Does Labor’s green hydrogen plan for the Kurri Kurri gas power plant stack up? | Graham Readfearn
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#5VQHT)
Energy analysts say their Hunter Valley plan is just an expensive way to avoid a small amount of emissions' when there are cheaper, greener alternatives
Labor said this week it will back a gas-fired power plant in the Hunter Valley, but only if the gas is mixed with hydrogen.
The rationale for this move, according to Labor, was the Morrison government's $600m support for the project was risking taxpayers' money on a gas plant that experts say will become stranded in an increasingly renewable energy system".
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