Nationals at odds with Liberals over âunrealisticâ coal plan
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The WA Nationals are at odds with traditional bedfellows the Liberal Party over the latterâs plan to shut down state-owned coal plants by 2025.
The proposal formed part of the Liberalsâ plan to bring state government emissions down to zero by 2030, which also included underwriting a $16 billion renewable energy project in the Mid West.
The Nationals have described the Liberalsâ policy as âunrealisticâ.
Credit:Wesfarmers
Collie is WAâs traditional home of coal and the policy will make it nearly impossible for the Liberals to take the marginal seat of Collie-Preston where thousands of voters are still connected to the industry in some way.
29 January 2021
An Australian developed waste-to-fuel conversion process will be deployed in a new demonstration project in Western Australia, that will produce useful liquid fuels from organic waste otherwise destined for landfill.
Renergi will establish the waste-to-energy demonstration project in the Collie Shire in Western Australia, the state’s coal centre, and it will have the capacity to process around 1.5 tonnes of organic waste each hour.
Overall, the plant will have the capacity to convert 4,000 tonnes per year of waste that would be otherwise destined to landfill, and up to 8,000 tonnes a year of forestry and agricultural wastes, diverting the waste from landfill.
Joint media release with Rick Wilson MP, Member for O'Connor An innovative new project to turn local landfill waste into energy is getting support from.