(The Guardian) Tasmania could get to 200% renewable energy and share with mainland, Bowen says
The federal government is expected to announce several new energy projects today, including $1.5bn for renewable energy zones.
The climate change and energy minister Chis Bowen is speaking to ABC Radio about those announcements. Of all the projects, Bowen says “the most spectacular” is the Marinus Link, with funding to accelerate the construction of the multi-billion power project linking Victoria and Tasmania. -- There’s many facets to this – probably the most spectacular is the Marinus Link which has been long talked about this.
Marinus is really important because it means that Tasmania, which is currently 100% renewable will now have the opportunity to get to 200% renewables and share capacity with the mainland which is good for Tasmania - thousands of jobs to be created and good for the mainland because it improves our energy reliability and of course reduces emissions.
This is the equivalent of 140m tonnes of co2 coming out of the atmosphere by 2050. Or put it another way, taking a million cars off the road.
When will the project be completed? -- These are going to take a while, for example [with] Marinus the first cable is scheduled to be done in 2028/2029, the second cable in 2030/2031. Frankly there are real constraints in construction at the moment ... so we will have our challenges.
Bowen said the project will funded through “joint equity with Victoria and Tasmania”.
The federal government is expected to announce several new energy projects today, including $1.5bn for renewable energy zones.
The climate change and energy minister Chis Bowen is speaking to ABC Radio about those announcements. Of all the projects, Bowen says “the most spectacular” is the Marinus Link, with funding to accelerate the construction of the multi-billion power project linking Victoria and Tasmania. -- There’s many facets to this – probably the most spectacular is the Marinus Link which has been long talked about this.
Marinus is really important because it means that Tasmania, which is currently 100% renewable will now have the opportunity to get to 200% renewables and share capacity with the mainland which is good for Tasmania - thousands of jobs to be created and good for the mainland because it improves our energy reliability and of course reduces emissions.
This is the equivalent of 140m tonnes of co2 coming out of the atmosphere by 2050. Or put it another way, taking a million cars off the road.
When will the project be completed? -- These are going to take a while, for example [with] Marinus the first cable is scheduled to be done in 2028/2029, the second cable in 2030/2031. Frankly there are real constraints in construction at the moment ... so we will have our challenges.
Bowen said the project will funded through “joint equity with Victoria and Tasmania”.
