The Coalition has released long-awaited detail on its nuclear energy policy, claiming its plan to build seven nuclear power stations would be A$263 billion cheaper than Labor’s renewables-only approach. The figures are contained in an analysis prepared by Frontier Economics. I’ve conducted preliminary analysis of the document, and found key assumptions that differ from other similar analyses, including that from Australia’s premier science organ…

3044470

The Conversation

The Coalition reveals the cost of its nuclear power plan – but the devil is in the missing detail

The federal opposition has revealed the cost of its nuclear power proposal.

Media Bias/Fact Check

Sydney Morning Herald

Nine Entertainment Co.

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

Opposition unveils nuclear costings

Energy analysts say the Coalition's nuclear plan will be more expensive, burn more carbon, result in a smaller economy, and be more disruptive than Peter Dutton claims.

ABC Australia

Australian Government

Top energy experts criticise Dutton's $331 billion nuclear gamble

The Energy Minister has given a brutal assessment of Peter Dutton’s plan to take Australia’s power grid nuclear.

News

Murdoch family

‘Fatal errors’ in Dutton’s nuclear plan

The proposal calls for seven nuclear plants by 2050, with the first operational by 2036.

The Straits Times

Singapore Press Holdings

Singapore

Australia’s opposition reveals $284b nuclear power plan

The federal opposition released costings for its nuclear power plan on Friday, saying it would cost $263 billion less than the Labor government's renewable energy plan, making electricity cheaper, but the claim has been met with skepticism.

聯邦反對黨週五公布了其核電計劃的成本核算，稱其成本比工黨政府的可再生能源計劃少2630億澳元，使電力更便宜。但這一說法遭到質疑。

聯盟黨公布核電成本 比政府計劃低2630億元 | 核電計劃 | 成本核算 | 可再生能源計劃

大纪元 Epoch Times

Falun Gong

The coalition party announced that the cost of nuclear power is 263 billion yuan lower than the government plan | Nuclear power plan

(Bloomberg) — Australia’s main opposition group laid out a A$331 billion ($211 billion) plan to create a taxpayer-funded nuclear power industry in just over a decade, despite the nation’s top scientists saying renewable energy such as wind and solar energy is more cost effective.

Financial Post

Leon Cooperman

Allianz

Canada

Australia's Opposition Reveals $211 Billion Nuclear Power Plan

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set to unveil the cost of a controversial nuclear power plan should the coalition come to power at the federal election.

The West Australian

Kerry Stokes

Libs nuclear plan to cost $330b but modelling disputed

The Liberal-National Coalition has unveiled its much-awaited economic modelling behind its plan to introduce civilian nuclear power to Australia.
The plan is estimated to save up to $263 billion (US$167.4 billion) compared to Labor’s renewable energy strategy, with the opposition saying this will result in cheaper electricity for consumers over the long term.
The Coalition estimates that achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 under its nuclear pol…

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

The Epoch Times

Epoch Media Group

New York

United States

Federal Opposition Pledges Nuclear Plan Will Cut Energy Bills by 44 Percent

SYDNEY, Dec 13 — Australia’s opposition said today its plan to launch nuclear power in the sun-baked country will be cheaper than a renewables-only strategy — a claim blasted by the government as “fiction”. With elections looming by May 2025, the conservative opposition has proposed nuclear power as a way to cut carbon emissions with less reliance on solar panels and wind turbines. Critics say nuclear power plants would cost far more than renewa…

Malay Mail

Dato’ Siew Ka Wei

Selangor

Malaysia

Australia’s opposition defends A$331b nuclear plan cheaper than renewables, govt calls it ‘fiction’

Clean energy experts say building nuclear reactors is a costly and unviable pathway for Australia's electricity supply that would push power bills even higher.

The Coalition reveals the cost of its nuclear power plan – but the devil is in the missing detail

Coverage Details

Give the gift of Perspective

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics