The Finocchiaro Government has abandoned the Northern Territory’s 2030 renewable electricity target, now criticising the plan as unrealistic and costly despite supporting it in opposition, while a specialist energy analyst who modelled the expense of meeting the target said the government is blatantly lying about the cost and inflating it tenfold.
The target of producing 50 per cent of the NT’s electricity by renewables by 2030, along with a target of net zero emissions by 2050, was set by the Gunner Labor government in 2016, and while in opposition in 2020 the now Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said her party was committed to both.
Gas is the cheapest by far. Unlike Inpex Beetaloo gas is very low carbon and containes less than 1% carbon and delivers cleaner energy than solar panels that have a limited life, rely on toxic batteries for storage and destroys vast areas of native habitat.
Tom Quin thinks batteries are thr way to go and especially now they are cheaper. They have not worked anywhere in the world. Does not matter how cheap they are.
Springmount Advisory and Environment Centre NT are both powered by ideology and cannot make a sensible argument for anything that is not inside their echo chanmber. I find it curious that in the NT they’re saying “gas powered electricity is the most expensive form of electricity we’ve got in Australia, it’s between three and four times more expensive than solar.”. Meanwhile, in Qld they’re saying coal is the most expensive. Mention nuclear and suddenly that becomes the most expensive option. Remove rebates and subsidies, and factor back into the equation the costs of replacement of renewables that have comparatively fractional productive lifespans, and then lets see what the real costs are.