ERM Wellington Pipeline
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The ERM Wellington Pipeline was a proposed natural gas pipeline.[1]
Location
The pipeline would have run from Young, New South Wales, to Wellington, New South Wales.
Project details
- Operator: ERM Power
- Parent company: Shell plc (via Shell Australia)
- Length: 219 kilometers / 136 miles
- Status: Cancelled
Background
In 2011, ERM Power received approval from the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission to build a pipeline that would connect the Moomba to Sydney Pipeline and ERM's proposed Wellington Gas-Fired Power Station, located in central Wellington, because of falling demand in the national electricity market and the rise in renewable energy.[2] The Wellington Council had supported the power station when it was first proposed in 2006, but would later come to oppose it, citing residents' concerns about noise and pollution.[3]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Planning approval for Young to Wellington pipeline, The Australian Pipeliner, Mar. 20, 2011, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
- ↑ Billion dollar pipeline and power station abandoned, ABC News, Aug. 23, 2015, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
- ↑ Wellington's gas fired power station canned, Wellington Times, Aug. 23, 2015, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
