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Powering a desalination plant: clean energy or more coal?

June 2008

The Victorian government propose to build a 150GL desalination plant near Wonthaggi by the end of 2011. The government have promised to use renewable energy to power the plant.  If they don't, the desal plant would add 1 million tonnes of greenhouse gas to our atmosphere.

Check out our report holding the government to its promises.

 

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