PERTH, Monday 9 March 2026 — In response to reviews that the West Australian authorities is making ready to construct new gas-fired energy stations in WA, the next strains may be attributed to Geoff Bice, WA Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
“Including new gas-fired energy stations is a weird and backwards suggestion – there is no such thing as a want for extra fossil fuels within the WA vitality system. WA desperately wants to cut back its emissions, so it is senseless to undermine the great work of shutting down one fossil gas supply simply to open up one other. Latest modelling by Greenpeace clearly demonstrates that WA doesn’t want extra gasoline, and entrenching it’s a danger to our financial improvement as a renewable vitality powerhouse.
“Including new gasoline is just too dangerous for WA. Changing into extra gasoline reliant solely exposes WA households and companies to the worth volatility we’re at the moment seeing in international oil and gasoline markets as a result of struggle within the Center East. Given the worldwide backlog in manufacturing of gas-fired turbines, entry to a brand new facility may very well be years away, properly after coal has already exited the system.
“New gasoline is just not the answer for WA when we’ve such an abundance of infinite, low cost renewable vitality and an bold battery funding plan. Gasoline is a pricey and dangerous possibility for WA taxpayers that might lock in air pollution for many years to return.
“The Minister should preserve her braveness within the face of gasoline business lobbying. The build-out of batteries and renewable vitality has been gathering tempo, and WA can’t afford to take a backward step at this significant stage.”
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