The Greens NSW Energy spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham said
today that the NSW Energy Security Taskforce's
initial report should serve as a
wakeup call on the threat climate changes poses to energy security, and
that the NSW Government should embrace the transition to new technology
by providing a timetable for the closure of
coal-fired power stations.
"This is a
remarkable and frightening report which recognises that climate change
represents a monumental risk to our energy system and way of life,”
Greens MP Jeremy
Buckingham said.
"The biggest
threat to energy security is a rapidly changing climate, including heat
waves that trigger surges in demand and more severe storms that can
knock out infrastructure.
"This is a
wakeup call for the government to accept that major technological
changes are happening in the energy system and that it is vital to
implement a transition
plan for a cleaner more distributed system, rather than thrash around
trying to prop up old centralised coal generation.
"The Greens want
the NSW Government to provide a timetable for the closure of the
remaining coal-fired generators in NSW so that industry has the
certainty they need
to plan for replacement renewable energy generation and communities can
plan to restructure their local economy.
"We are
experiencing a national energy crisis due to a decade of cheap
politicking rather than the serious energy planning and policy that is
required with such rapid
technological change.
"There is no
doubt we are headed to a more distributed, smarter, energy network run
on renewable energy with storage. Governments should adopt an energy
intensity scheme
or carbon price so that we harness the market to drive the transition
that we need to reduce emissions and create a more secure energy system.
"The Government
should use this report as an opportunity to embrace changes in energy
technology to create a cleaner and more secure energy system for NSW,”
Mr Buckingham
concluded.22 May 2017
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