EUAA Submission NSW DCCEEW Opportunities For A Renewable Fuel Industry In NSW Discussion Paper
Emily Wood | September 5, 2024
‘…It is pleased to see that the NSW DCCEEW have decided to review its Renewable Fuel Scheme because we consider that the current NSW RFS will not achieve its intended outcomes of decarbonisation of the gas network and will most likely delay or thwart industries efforts to decarbonise themselves.
We believe this to be the case because:
• The current RFS design assumes that hydrogen is equivalent and therefore a direct substitute for methane, which it is not. Additionally, the current RFS design assumes a single end use of natural gas, which is also not the case. Not recognising the different use cases for gas with in an industrial process results in the current RFS design being highly inflexible in its application.
• Because the RFS has “picked a winner” in green hydrogen it does not promote large scale supply of renewable gases. This further hinders large industry and commercial gas users from progressively decarbonising their gas supply through cheaper sources such as bio methane that also does not require substantial capital upgrades to customer plant and equipment…. ‘
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