QRC calls for power to the north

THE CHIEF Executive of the Queensland Resources Council has called on the Federal Government to invest in a high-technology power station for North Queensland.
 
Speaking in Townsville at a business breakfast, Mr Macfarlane said a chunk of the $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund could be used for a modern high efficiency, low emission (HELE) power plant.
 
“It needs to be a less ideological argument about where we get our energy from and a more practical discussion about how we provide both reliable and cheaper electricity and reduce green house gas emissions,” Mr Macfarlane said.
 
“If we’re going to use technologies and government grants for renewables then we should also use it for coal, which provides stable base load power.
 
“And we have some of the highest quality, low emission coal in the world right here in Queensland.
 
“The plant would need federal funding to provide a long-term base load for both business and households in the north.”
 
Mr Macfarlane said – regardless of what the foreign funded green activists chant – the reality is that coal-fired electricity and renewables will be part of the future for decades to come.

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