Considering purchasing an electric vehicle for your next car? For the next two years, starting on the 1st of July 2021, the purchasing of either a new or used electric vehicle is exempt from stamp duty for Tasmanians. For a $40,000 car the saving could be $1600, and for a $70,000 car the saving could be $2800. Around three quarters of typical household emissions in other states can come from [...]
Are you interested in finding out more about the transmission upgrades and additions planned as part of the North West Transmission Developments? TasNetworks has developed a strategic transmission plan for the North West Tasmanian transmission network which considers future load and generation connection requirements, a second Bass Strait interconnector (Marinus Link), and existing and forecast transmission network constraints (parts of the North West Tasmania transmission network, including the existing Palmerston–Sheffield [...]
TasNetworks have today released two reports: the Project Assessment Conclusions Report (PACR) and the Wholesale Pricing Report. The purpose of the Project Assessment Conclusions Report (PACR) is to further test AEMO’s findings in its 2020 ISP by completing the Regulatory Investment Test for transmission (RIT-T) in accordance with the new regulatory arrangements for actionable ISP projects, which were introduced in July 2020. The Wholesale Pricing Report considers how Project [...]
Fortescue's proposed green hydrogen facility to be located at Bell Bay was announced last year, with the Final Investment Decision due this year. The project has moved forward with TasPorts announcing today it has signed a 20 hectare land and access deal with Fortescue.The proposed project is a 250MW green hydrogen plant, with green ammonia production capacity of 250,000 tonnes per year for domestic and international export. It has the [...]
North West Transmission Developments information sessions continue this week at Burnie, Shorewell Park and Upper Burnie. Tomorrow, there is also a live webinar for more information about the proposed routes, and where you can ask questions online. If you can't make it to the webinar, the session will be recorded so you can watch it later. You can register for the webinar, and find out more about the project and [...]
To celebrate Global Wind day, let’s take a look back at Tasmania’s long and successful history of wind generation: King Island Wind Farm (also called Huxley Hill Wind Farm) started in 1998 (23 years ago!), with three 250kW wind turbines. In 2003, two 850kW turbines were added. The wind farm has a total capacity of 2.5MW, and provides 35% of the energy for King Island’s 1600 residents. Bluff Point Wind [...]
The "National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Quarterly Update: December 2020" has been released. It shows that Australia's emissions in 2020 were 5% lower than in 2019, and 20.1% below the 2005 baseline level under the Paris Agreement. Electricity generation continues to be the largest contributor of emissions, followed by stationary energy, transport, agriculture, fugitive emissions, industrial processes and waste. In the year to December 2020, emissions per person and the emissions [...]
Western Plains Wind Farm is a proposed wind generation project at the tip of the Stanley peninsula. The proposal is for 12 wind turbines with a capacity of 50.4 MW. The final Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan (DPEMP) are planned to submitted to Circular Head Council and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Tasmania in the next few months. Prior to finalising the DPEMP the project team is hosting a [...]
Information sessions on the Project Marinus North West Transmission Developments project will be taking place in June. You don't need to book to attend, just come any time during the session that suits you. These information sessions are for everyone who has any interest in the project. To keep updated with the latest on the project, subscribe here
The following article appeared in the most recent edition of the Choose Cradle Coast newsletter: The Clean Energy Council recently released a paper 'Battery Storage: The New, Clean Peaker'. The report undertakes a financial analysis of modern large-scale batteries and finds that up to a duration of around four hours, large batteries are able to replace the functions and would already be cheaper than constructing new gas peaking plants. Gas-fired [...]