Gas key to carbon emissions

Adelaide Advertiser
Tuesday 24/2/2009 Page: 40

Santos chief executive David Knox says gas-powered base load energy will be essential for reducing Australia's carbon footprint. Speaking at the opening of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG) conference in Adelaide yesterday, Mr Knox said natural gas had the potential to lower the carbon emissions of Australia's power generation by up to 70%.

He said South Australia had the country's cleanest base load power generation, sourcing 56.1% of its energy from gas. "South Australia is already showing the rest of the country how it can reduce its carbon footprint," he said. Mr Knox said Australia also had potential to supply clean base load power to Asian markets, exporting from the Gladstone project in Queensland.