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Australian billionaire Dr Andrew Forrest has announced plans to build a gas and hydrogen dual-fuelled power station at Port Kembla.
The $1 billion initiative, funded by Dr Forrest’s privately owned Squadron Energy, will provide industries and households in NSW with access to affordable, green energy.
Stage one of Andrew Forrest’s plan, the Port Kembla Gas Import Terminal, is currently under construction at Berth 101 of the Port of Port Kembla.
Stage two was the development of a gas-fired power station linked to the Gas Import Terminal, and was shortlisted by the federal government in the Underwriting New Generation Investment scheme.
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Subscriber only Tireless community champion and current North Burnett Citizen of the Year John Zahl has been invited to join the Regional Development Australia Wide Bay Burnett committee. The retired local government councillor is the current chair of the Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO), Mundubbera Bendigo Community Bank Branch and Gunther Aged Care Facility. He was recently named both the Gayndah and North Burnett Citizen of the Year in the 2021 Australia Day awards. Regional Development Australia Wide Bay Burnett (RDAWBB) chair Bill Trevor said he was delighted to welcome Mr Zahl onto the regional economic development organisation.
Clusters will foster a multi-billion dollar, globally competitive hydrogen industry
PERTH, Australia, Jan. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A network of regional hydrogen technology clusters has today been unveiled across Australia, as part of a drive to establish a nationwide hydrogen cluster.
Spearheaded by National Energy Resources Australia (NERA), the national cluster (which would operate as a virtual network) will establish a global identity and a recognised brand for Australian hydrogen technology and expertise. It will also aid the development of the hydrogen supply chain, reduce overlaps and identify gaps in the development, deployment, and commercialisation of new hydrogen focused technologies.
The establishment of the regional hydrogen technology clusters announced today - which cover all of Australia s states and territories – follows the conclusion of a seed funding selection program started by NERA in September. NERA has also been able to leverage a range of funding comm
Regional Development Australia Wide Bay Burnett Director of Regional Development Scott Rowe will deliver his state of the region address, and will be followed by Mayor Glen Hartwig and Gympie Regional Council CEO Shane Gray. Scott Rowe, Glen Hartwig and Shane Gray will be the guest speakers at the first Gympie Chamber of COmmerce breakfast meeting of 2021, to be held in the newly renovated RSL in Mary Street. Mr Rowe s presentation will cover Gympie s COVID position and recovery, workforce positioning.and emerging economic development opportunities. Regional Development Australia (RDA) Wide Bay Burnett is part of a
national network of Committees (funded by the federal government) made up of local leaders who work with all levels of government, business and community groups to support the economic development of their regions.
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Subscriber only The Richmond-Tweed area increased the number of jobs available during the COVID period starting in 2020, while some areas were still decimated by the pandemic. Former MP Don Page was recently reappointed as chair the RDA-Northern Rivers Committee until June 30, 2025. We ve had about one per cent rise in unemployment during COVID through the whole region (Tweed to Grafton), that s 2000 people not employed now that had jobs pre-COVID, he said. Richmond-Tweed, which comprises two thirds of the region s workforce, actually increased the number of people employed by 600 over in 2020, but there are sectors of the economy that have done better and a few that have done very badly.