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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Does Labor’s green hydrogen plan for the Kurri Kurri gas power plant stack up?

Shadow minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen. There are big doubts over whether Labor’s plan to back a gas-fired power plant (if the gas is mixed with hydrogen) will save emissions in the long run.
The shadow minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen. There are big doubts over whether Labor’s plan to back a gas-fired power plant (if the gas is mixed with hydrogen) will save emissions in the long run. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Labor said this week it will back a gas-fired power plant in the Hunter Valley, but only if the gas is mixed with hydrogen.

The rationale for this move, according to Labor, was the Morrison government’s $600m support for the project was “risking taxpayers’ money on a gas plant that experts say will become stranded in an increasingly renewable energy system”.

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