Editorial: The state and federal governments are planning quite differently for our decarbonised future, with NSW clearly being more ambitious about its approach
by the state’s Chief Scientist and Engineer Hugh Durrant-Whyte on “opportunities for prosperity in a decarbonised and resilient NSW”.
The report also differs from the federal government over the role of gas and carbon capture and storage . will be needed as a back-up for renewables. Even though gas is a fossil-fuel, Mr Taylor says gas could, paradoxically, reduce emissions if it speeds up the transition away from coal. He also talks about a broader gas-fired recovery where gas powers new manufacturing industries. His views areBy contrast, the NSW Chief Scientist makes no mention of gas as a transition fuel and focuses on other technologies such as batteries and pumped hydro as a source of back-up power.
On CCS, a technology that filters the carbon belched out of smokestacks and ingests it into the ground, the NSW Chief Scientist advocates a very limited role which raises doubts about the need for investment by the CEFC.
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