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 main energy policy issues in Western Australia include replacing the role of coal in South West power generation, a looming shortage of gas, promoting decarbonization and increasing transmission capacity to support more renewable energy.
Rising gas prices resulting in job losses are inevitable unless the WA government mandates more supply from gas exporters.
Australia's most gas-dependent state has flipped from promising cheap abundance to facing expensive shortages in just six years: investors beware.
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