Senate debates
Monday, 27 March 2017
Questions without Notice
Energy
2:42 pm
Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source
As I was saying, Dr Alan Finkel, the Chief Scientist, said:
I think that existing coal, and new coal, with CCS, is a very legitimate low emissions technology.
Dr Daniel Roberts from the CSIRO said, 'We really think that if you get some good high-efficiency low-emission coal-fired power stations as part of the grid that is a really good way of maximising the amount of renewables.' You would think, therefore, that the Greens would also be supporting these new technologies. (Time expired)
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