How Victoria got hooked on gas, and why the heatâs on to find new fuel
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Itâs the most simple step in a recipe: boil a pot of water. And for most of us it begins the same way. Turn the knob on the stove, click the ignition switch and wait for the
whoosh of a glowing blue flame.
Natural gas has burnt in Victorian homes for decades, not just for cooking but for hot water and heating too. With up to 3 million connections and 65 per cent of the nationâs total residential use, Victoria is unique in Australia for its reliance on gas as a fuel source.
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Gas appliances including heaters, hot water services and cooktops would be phased out under a proposed moratorium on new gas connections to Victorian households to help the state achieve its 2030 target to cut carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent.
The City of Yarra is the first council to pledge to switch its buildings, including pools and community centres, from gas to renewable electricity by 2030 and wants the state government to back a ban on gas connections in new homes.
Victoria is the highest user of gas in the country.
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Victorians are the nation’s biggest users of natural gas for heating, hot water and cooking due to the state’s historically cheap and plentiful supply piped in from Bass Strait since the 1970s.
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$1b green energy deal with SA aims to shore up gas supply
Apr 18, 2021 – 6.07pm
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The Morrison government has signed a $1 billion energy deal with South Australia to help deliver more gas to help support the state’s renewable energy assets and alleviate a potential shortfall on the east coast.
The second bilateral state energy deal – following a $2 billion agreement struck with NSW at the beginning of last year – calls on the Commonwealth to inject $660 million towards new technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, as well as a new interconnector between South Australia and NSW.
The Moomba gas fields are going to help alleviate the east coast gas shortage.
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