The Newcastle Herald reports Verdant Earth Technologies "is seeking to use forestry waste material" to generate electricity at the disused Redbank power station, and further, use that electricity to produce "green hydrogen", ('Investors get behind biomass plan for Redbank power station', Newcastle Herald, 12/9). Previous information provided to Singleton council shows the consumption of wood at 850,000 tonnes of dry weight per year. That is approximately one tree burnt every four minutes - it is not possible to grow trees as quickly as they will be burned.
The Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Planning has released a report on sustainability of energy supply and resources in NSW", including a finding that "forest biomass is not a renewable, sustainable source of energy".
