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Article by Amanda Jasi AS PART of its 2021–22 Budget, the Australian Government is investing up to A$600m (US$464.3m) to allow energy generation company Snowy Hydro to construct a 660 MW gas power turbine in Kurri Kurri, Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW). Though the Government has touted benefits such as job creation, reducing energy prices, and emissions reductions, opposition has cast doubt on the purported economic benefits, and has commented on the lack of need for additional gas power and its detriments to a lower-carbon future. The planned gas power plant would help Australia to deliver its target of 1,000 MW of new dispatchable energy set in September, created in response to the coming closure of the 2,000 MW Liddell power station in 2023. Together, energy company EnergyAustralia’s 316 MW Tallawarra B open cycle gas plant and the Kurri Kurri plant are expected to shore up affordability, security, and reliability of electricity. Tallawarra B is expected by summer 2023

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