Newcastle Power Station

Thank you for allowing WaterNSW to comment on SSI-9837.
The proposal is not located near any WaterNSW land, assets or infrastructure, therefore we have no particular comments or requirements regarding the proposal.
WaterNSW requests the Department continues to consult with WaterNSW for any development that may impact on our assets, infrastructure or land, using the email address [email protected]
Regards
Justine Clarke - Catchment and Asset Protection Adviser

The Department of Primary Industries has reviewed this proposal and has nil comment.

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DPIE Crown Lands has no comments for this proposal as no Crown land is affected.

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The report states that "The water for the proposed power station would be sourced from the Port Stephens municipal water supply system."

As we are in drought and water supply is limited why is the plant not drawing saline water from the north channel and utilising the saline water for steam generation. The steam should then be condensed and used to supplement Tomago Aluminium's water requirements reducing the overall demand on the Municipal water system.

This technology is widely used on gas fired power stations throughout the Middle East notably at Dubai Aluminium, Emirates Aluminum, Oman Aluminium and Aluminium Bahrain, all of which draw highly saline water into the power station and then produce both industrial and clean municipal quality water.

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*Has Newcastle port handled large gas vessels *Can it do so safely. *Are permits in place to do so. *Isn't most gas transferred from offshore based unloaders, not port based because of dangers in this phase. *What is the power consumed in refrigerating, transfer, pipeline and storage processes. is this reflected in plant running/idle greenhouse efficiencies quoted. *Plant itself is in bushland and discharging vast heat loads up exhausts. is this bush fire safe especially on code red days.

Please find attached comments in relation to - Newcastle Power Station – Environmental Impact Statement. If you require any further information regarding this matter, please contact Brendan Mee, Senior Conservation Planning Officer at [email protected].

Submission attached (PDF) file

This proposed electricity power station is intended to be powered by gas or diesel, both of which are fossil fuels. The lower Hunter Valley is already heavily polluted from the existing fossil fuelled power stations with considerable ongoing health effects from the pollution. This proposed project will add to the already heavy pollution imposed on the Lower Hunter Valley.
A better option would be a pumped hydro project with an associated solar/wind farm to power it or a big battery. There are already suggestions that there are times when excess renewable energy is available and pumped hydro and batteries would be desirable to soak up this excess.

Please find attached the response from Newcastle Airport Pty Limited to AGL Energy Limited application for the Newcastle Power Station (SSI 9837).

I am providing comment on behalf of Jetstar Airways, operating Airline services into and from Newcastle Airport, as follows:
The notification document does not state any of the specifics around the proposed construction.
To be able to provide beneficial feedback it would be good to see an impact analysis report showing the surface infringements, relative location to flight paths and procedures.

Also to understand the time frame for development, this will need to be considered in the overall Williamtown Traffic Management Plan (TMP) review that will commence next year, run by AirServices.
This will potentially see new flight path designs, making it even more critical to understand precisely the proposed structure’s impact to the obstacle and PANS OPS surfaces.

In the modern Performance Based Navigation (PBN) world, there is more flexibility now with clever airspace and procedure design. We should be looking at RNAV (RNP1) SIDs and STARs, as well as implementing RNP-AR (smart approaches). Design work for these can be quite costly. It’s important that the design is future proofed to avoid having to re-work.

If the procedures are wholly designed and implemented by AirServices, the cost of design and ongoing maintenance would typically be covered by AirServices. There is possibility for QF Group to assist in design, however not knowing the overall scope of the Williamtown TMP, at this stage we don’t know where this will sit.

Kind Regards

Steve Marion
Aerodromes & Airways Manager
Flying Operations
JETSTAR
Ph: (+61) 3 8628 3164
Mob: (+61) 417 109 249
Fax: (+61) 3 9670 3650
Email: [email protected]

And:
Sean Wallace
Senior Base Pilot
Trust Pilot Sponsor
JETSTAR AIRWAYS
Phone: +61 408 416 875
Email: [email protected]

Please see attached response.

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW recommends that the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment reject the Newcastle Power Station (SSI 9837) proposal for a 250 megawatt dual-fired power station operating on gas and/or diesel and ancillary infrastructure because it does not align with the NSW Government’s commitment to tackling climate change and locks in emissions for decades.

Please see our attached submission for further comments.

I object to AGL energy’s proposal for a 250 megawatt dual-fired gas/Diesel power station (known as the Newcastle Power Station) operating as a peaking plant additionally designed to allow for continuous operation. Both are fossil fuels and thus emit CO2 when burnt as well as fugitive emissions during extraction, storage and transportation of both fuels.
The science tells us we need urgently to reduce CO2 emissions and I believe approving the construction of new fossil fuel generation to be counterproductive to these aims. Renewables with storage and grid management I believe can cover energy requirements with proper planning and implementation.
I consider this proposal contradicts the recently announced NSW government’s plans for the development of renewable energy zones to encourage renewable development in the state with the first proposed centred on Dubbo.

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Please find attached the Transport for NSW (RMS) response.