{"id":1692,"date":"2019-02-27T17:11:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2019-02-27T17:11:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:11:47","slug":"tasmania-delivering-cleaner-cheaper-more-reliable-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/27\/tasmania-delivering-cleaner-cheaper-more-reliable-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasmania delivering cleaner, cheaper, more reliable electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasmania\u2019s Battery of the Nation vision is a step closer to reality with backing from the Morrison and Hodgman Governments to deliver new, reliable energy.
\nThe Hodgman Government, through Hydro Tasmania, has committed up to $30 million to take the first phase of Battery of the Nation to investment stage by 2021, and in addition to the Morrison Government\u2019s commitment to the second interconnector between Tasmania and the mainland, the Commonwealth commits to develop an underwriting mechanism for the project through its Underwriting New Generation Investments program.
\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison said that combined with his government\u2019s $56 million investment in the second interconnector between Tasmania and the mainland, Battery of the Nation would help cut power prices and put an end to the sorts of recent blackouts that families and businesses have had to suffer through.
\n\u201cBattery of the Nation is a vision of that uses technology to harness Tasmania\u2019s natural advantages to tackle the problems in our electricity market,\u201d the Prime Minister said.
\n\u201cWe want to work with the Hodgman Government to deliver Battery of the Nation because it\u2019s technology that generates clean and affordable power that will make Australia\u2019s electricity supply more reliable.
\n\u201cThis project is about helping those families and businesses who have had to cope with devastating blackouts in recent months and years and helping make their power bills cheaper.\u201d
\nThe Tasmanian Government\u2019s investment will support the feasibility assessment of three shortlisted pumped hydro energy storage sites in north-western Tasmania, and advance the first of these sites to final investment decision. The three sites have a combined storage capacity of up to 40GWh \u2013 equivalent to more than 300 SA Tesla batteries \u2013 and Battery of the Nation could supply up to 2,500MW of new, dispatchable power.
\nThe Battery of the Nation and Marinus Link projects are expected to create up to 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction and deliver an economic stimulus of up to $7 billion, predominantly to north-western Tasmania and regional Victoria.
\nPremier Hodgman said that these nation-building projects represent a massive economic opportunity for Tasmanians.
\n\u201cBattery of the Nation will create thousands of jobs and deliver billions in investment to Tasmania over the coming decade,\u201d said Premier Hodgman.
\n\u201cThese initiatives will cement our status as the nation\u2019s renewable energy powerhouse.\u201d
\nApproximately 400MW of available dispatchable generation cannot currently be delivered to the mainland, due to constraints on Basslink, the first Tasmania-Victoria interconnector.
\n\u201cThe Government is committed to securing new, reliable generation,\u201d said Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor.
\n\u201cBattery of the Nation is a fine example of a project that could deliver more reliable generation, increase competition, and would drive down prices as a result.\u201d
\nTasmanian Energy Minister Guy Barnett said investment in affordable, reliable and clean generation will help Tasmania reach and exceed the Tasmanian Government\u2019s target of 100 per cent self-sufficiency in on-island energy generation.
\n\u201cThis means downward pressure on prices and greater energy security for Tasmanians. Mainland Australia will also be able to share in these benefits, being low cost, reliable and clean energy,\u201d said Minister Barnett.
\nThe Morrison Government will also invest $3.2m to establish a Priority Transmission Taskforce to support new models of funding interconnected transmission, that is increasingly needed to keep the lights on and bring prices down for Australian families and businesses.
\nMore information about Battery of the Nation is available at\u00a0hydro.com.au\/clean-energy\/battery-of-the-nation<\/a>\u00a0and the second interconnector Marinus Link at\u00a0projectmarinus.tasnetworks.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tasmania\u2019s Battery of the Nation vision is a step closer to reality with backing from the Morrison and Hodgman Governments to deliver new, reliable energy. The Hodgman Government, through Hydro Tasmania, has committed up to $30 million to take the first phase of Battery of the Nation to investment stage by 2021, and in addition … Continue reading “Tasmania delivering cleaner, cheaper, more reliable electricity”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}