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"Australia’s biggest supplier of coal generation and baseload power, AGL
Energy, has again underlined the fact there is no room for nuclear in
Australia’s transition to renewables – neither on a grid dominated by wind and
solar nor at its coal sites that it intends to transform into clean industrial
hubs.
“I’d like to clarify – as I did in March – that nuclear energy is not part of
our strategy and our position on this remains unchanged, AGL CEO Damien Nicks
said in a presentation to a CEDA event in Sydney on Tuesday.
Nicks’ position is important because two of AGL’s coal generation sites have
been identified by the federal Opposition for its nuclear power plans, which it
says could see seven reactors, or more, start construction sometime in the
2030s or 2040s – should they be elected, be able to remove the bans, find the
technology and finance, and the sites to host it.
AGL – and the owners of other mooted nuclear sites – have no intention of
giving up their assets for nuclear power plants, despite the threats of
compulsory acquisition, largely because they have their own plans.
Nicks says the site of the recently shuttered Liddell coal generator in the
Hunter Valley is already accounted for, with plans for a giant battery, solar
module manufacturing, panel recycling, a link to a planned 400 MW pumped hydro
facility and multiple green industries including hydrogen, metals and other
activities."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
