Melville Times
Tuesday 10/4/2007 Page: 12
Synergy has announced a shortlist of five tenderers to compete for the final supply contract or contracts. Synergy managing director Jim Mitchell said a new generating plant using renewable energy sources would need to be built in WA by the successful tenderers and be connected to the southwestgrid.
"This project could potentially supply environmentally-friendly power for more than 65,000 homes and will reduce the overall greenhouse gas intensity of our power supplies," Mr Mitchell said. "It is the equivalent of keeping about 340,000 tonnes of greenhouse emissions out of the environment each year, or the equivalent of keeping about 100,000 cars off the road each year.
"The construction and operation of one or more renewable energy generation plants will provide ongoing skilled employment opportunities." The short-listed tenderers are SpiritWest bioenergy Pty Ltd (biomass - plantation waste), Stanwell Corporation and Griffin Energy (wind farm), Verve Energy (wind farm and-or biomass), Waste Gas Resources Pty Ltd (land fill gas) and Western Australia Biomass Pty Ltd (biomass - plantation waste).
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