❓ The question probes the additionality of renewable energy used for the desalination plant, questioning if it's truly 'extra' to the Commonwealth's scheme. The answer clarifies that while the energy would have been generated nationally, the WA government's actions ensured it was generated *in* WA, supporting local renewable projects.
AnsweredQoN 4986Legislative Council
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(1) Does the Minister agree that this renewable energy is not additional to renewable energy that would have been generated anyway under the Commonwealth Government’s Mandatory Renewable Energy Scheme?
(2) Is it true, as stated on page five of the Premier’s Climate Change Action Statement that ‘the renewable energy used for the desalination plant avoids the emissions of over 220 000 tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere per year, and makes the plant carbon neutral’?
(2) Is it true, as stated on page five of the Premier’s Climate Change Action Statement that ‘the renewable energy used for the desalination plant avoids the emissions of over 220 000 tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere per year, and makes the plant carbon neutral’?
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Answered
6 September 2007
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy
Response time
70 days
(1 & 2) The renewable energy would have been generated in Australia under the Commonwealth Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme, but it may not have been generated in Western Australia.
Under the MRET scheme, there is no obligation to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates created in Western Australia for liabilities incurred in Western Australia.
The Government has pursued a number of approaches to increasing the amount of renewable energy generated in Western Australia. This has included having the then Western Power Corporation undertake tender processes to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates locally. It is has also involved a substantial electricity reform program that has been designed to be renewable energy friendly and enable the private sector to participate in the market. Prior to this, the Western Australian electricity industry was structured in a way that was unattractive to renewable energy development, particularly from the private sector.
In this context, having the Water Corporation provide a large, long-term contract for the purchase of renewable energy to power the desalination plant at that time assisted in the commitment to build the Emu Downs wind farm.
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Under the MRET scheme, there is no obligation to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates created in Western Australia for liabilities incurred in Western Australia.
The Government has pursued a number of approaches to increasing the amount of renewable energy generated in Western Australia. This has included having the then Western Power Corporation undertake tender processes to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates locally. It is has also involved a substantial electricity reform program that has been designed to be renewable energy friendly and enable the private sector to participate in the market. Prior to this, the Western Australian electricity industry was structured in a way that was unattractive to renewable energy development, particularly from the private sector.
In this context, having the Water Corporation provide a large, long-term contract for the purchase of renewable energy to power the desalination plant at that time assisted in the commitment to build the Emu Downs wind farm.
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