APPEA 2021 Perth
Johnston backs gas for WA power and industry
WA energy minister Bill Johnston sees no current alternative to gas for dispatchable power and wants to use low prices to lure more gas-hungry investments to WA
The Bluewaters coal-fired power station in Collie was built in 2009 and supplies about 15% of South West of WA's power. Japan's Sumitomo and Kansai Electric own it.
APPEA 2021 Perth
WA energy minister Bill Johnston sees no current alternative to gas for dispatchable power and wants to use low prices to lure more gas-hungry investments to WA
Carbon Emissions
WA's industrial greenhouse gas emissions are dominated by four products and a handful of companies, including a few that have managed to keep a low profile in the climate wars.
Coal
Sumitomo has completely written off the debt-laden Bluewaters coal-fired power station in Collie after paying $600 million for it less than a decade ago
Power Generation
Before it takes WA to a clean, green renewable energy future the State Government has problems a plenty in still vital coal-fired power.