Mining gas in NSW is viable if it's controlled

Important role ... NSW has the potential to build its economy on inexpensive, gas-based electricity. Photo: Ben Rushto

THE transition from coal-based electricity generation to gas-based electricity, which emits less carbon dioxide, has become a fraught issue in NSW.

The NSW economy was built over the past 50 years on relatively cheap, coal-based electricity. Like Queensland, we have the opportunity to build our economy over the next 50 years or more on low-carbon, relatively inexpensive, gas-based electricity.

Queensland has taken the lead in developing its coal seam gas resources and is now well advanced to move from coal into large-baseload, combined-cycle gas turbines. And Queensland is moving into gas even though it already has the lowest carbon dioxide-emitting coal-based power stations in Australia.

Read More

Brisbane Times