Infrastructure Australia rejected the Northern Territory Government’s business case for the proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show, while the NT Environmental Protection Agency has extended its deadline by two years for the government to submit an environment impact statement, pushing the project start date back to at least 2026.
On Monday, the ABC first reported on the rejection of the business case, which a document from an FOI application by the Environment Centre NT shows happened in February.
Sounds like a poorly organised proposal that benefits the contractors working on it – more years of fees with no resolution.
Support for hydrogen production is falling everywhere at present because the economics don’t stack up.