During a rare visit to Wollongong, National Party leader David Littleproud confirms that, if elected, the opposition will scrap both offshore wind zones in New South Wales.
: The Coalition will stop wind farms being built off the NSW coast in the Illawarra and Port Stephens if it wins the next federal election.
His main message is the government is moving too fast to adopt risky renewables that could push up power prices, when base load power is needed for homes and major manufacturing operations like the Port Kembla steelworks."We should have a slow transition from some of our coal-fired power stations to nuclear power plants that are zero emissions and firm that up with gas and carbon capture storage, which is zero emissions as well," Mr Littleproud told ABC Illawarra Breakfast.
"The National Party has made very clear after the redistribution that we've opened up all nominations in seats," Mr Littleproud said.Transition to Green Steel "We know that we'll need large amounts of renewable energy to meet our greenhouse gas emissions intensity reduction targets and to achieve net zero by 2050.""We will hold onto our coal assets to allow that transition into nuclear and gas so that Bluescope steel can run," Mr Littleproud said.
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