Helium drilling set to start after WA taxpayers shielded from cleanup costs
UK-listed Georgina Energy plans to drill in the remote Little Great Sandy Desert in search of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
The Muja coal-fired power station in Collie is operated by State-owned generator and retailer Synergy. Closure is planned by 2029.
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.
Before it takes WA to a clean, green renewable energy future the State Government has problems a plenty in still vital coal-fired power.
WA will be coal-powered for sometime and Synergy is working to ensure its Collie power stations can cope with the new world of intermittent renewable energy.
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