Hunter Valley gas plant ‘would only operate a week a year’ – Sydney Morning Herald

The proposed gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley that the Morrison government is insisting should be built would operate just two per cent of the time – the equivalent of about a week per year – and employ only 10 full-time workers.
The figures are contained in the environmental impact statement for Snowy Hydros proposed 750 megawatt open-cycle gas plant for Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley, made public on Thursday.
The former Norsk Hydro aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri, near Newcastle,…

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