❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the capacity, energy usage, and renewable energy sourcing for a proposed second desalination plant, seeking clarity on its integration with existing renewable energy schemes and procurement processes.
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SECOND DESALINATION PLANT
In relation to the government’s commitment to build a second seawater desalination plant in place of using the Yarragadee - (1) What is the expected capacity of the proposed new desalination plant? (2) How much energy, expressed in gigawatt hours, is the desalination plant expected to use? (3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE
In relation to the government’s commitment to build a second seawater desalination plant in place of using the Yarragadee - (1) What is the expected capacity of the proposed new desalination plant? (2) How much energy, expressed in gigawatt hours, is the desalination plant expected to use? (3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(1) What is the expected capacity of the proposed new desalination plant? (2) How much energy, expressed in gigawatt hours, is the desalination plant expected to use? (3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(2) How much energy, expressed in gigawatt hours, is the desalination plant expected to use? (3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(1) What is the expected capacity of the proposed new desalination plant? (2) How much energy, expressed in gigawatt hours, is the desalination plant expected to use? (3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(2) How much energy, expressed in gigawatt hours, is the desalination plant expected to use? (3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(3) Will the renewable energy for the desalination plant be additional to renewable energy required under any mandatory renewable energy scheme? (4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(4) If not, why not? (5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(5) Will the government go out to tender for the renewable energy to supply the desalination plant? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing some notice of the question. (1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(1) Forty-five gigalitres. (2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(2) Based on the existing Perth seawater desalination plant, the new plant is expected to use 185 gigawatt hours per year. (3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(3) That is unknown, due to the uncertainties surrounding the requirements of any future mandatory renewable energy schemes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(4) Not applicable. (5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
(5) The process for acquiring renewable energy is still being developed.
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