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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Hydrogen Plant

Mr PATTERSON (Morphett) (14:37): My question—

Members interjecting:

Mr PATTERSON: Don't worry; hold on, I've got plenty. I want to get them in order. My question is to the Minister for Energy and Mining this time. How many B-doubles per day will be required to truck in gas to the hydrogen plant?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:37): I have never met an opposition that is more confused about its identity than the one sitting opposite. Either they are a pro-gas, pro-energy—

The Hon. S.E. Close: Pro-nuclear.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: —pro-nuclear, pro-coal-fired power, pro-anything that emits carbon into the atmosphere party, or they are not. I have to say, despite all the interjections, I saw the social media page of the SA Liberal Party boasting about deferring a piece of legislation in the upper house that would keep thermal generation in the National Electricity Market longer—about deferring that and then boasting about it—and now today complaining about diesel. I have to say the identity of the Liberal Party is—

Mr TEAGUE: Point of order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: It's the KC.

The SPEAKER: The member for Heysen with a point of order.

Mr TEAGUE: Standing order 98: he is debating the point. It's a simple question: how many trucks—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my right!

Mr TEAGUE: It might be single digits, double digits.

The SPEAKER: Sorry, member for Heysen. I call members on my right to order. I can't hear the member for Heysen with his point of order. The member for Heysen, you will be heard in silence.

Mr TEAGUE: Standing order 98: the minister is debating it. It's a simple question. He should answer it.

The SPEAKER: Minister, come back to the point, thank you.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: If he can't convince his peers, how can he convince us? The number of B-doubles that will be required will depend in turn on how much gas availability will be in the lateral from Pirie across to Whyalla. That is to be determined. We are in the market for procurement. We believe that gas startup is important. It also gives us a bit of redundancy.

The great thing about the generators that we bought from General Electric is that these generators operate on gas and hydrogen—100 per cent gas or 100 per cent hydrogen or a blend. That is the great thing about aeroderivative generators and the technology that General Electric has. I know it is a foreign concept to members opposite: freight moves using trucks, trucks use diesel, freight is not a dirty word.

Mr Patterson: Supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: We will see if it is a supplementary.

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