ALBANY WAVE ENERGY PROJECT — CARNEGIE CLEAN
ENERGY — TENDER PROCESS
145. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to the Labor government's decision to
terminate its agreement with Carnegie Clean Energy to deliver the wave energy
project in Albany, the minister's consistent stated commitment to wave
energy, and also the fact that the Premier stated that the project would mean
hundreds of jobs to Albany. Given that four of the five proponents of the
project met the tender requirements, why has the government abandoned this
project after the Carnegie decision and not offered it to one of the other
conforming proponents?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN
replied:
I thank the member for the question. We certainly did consider
a number of alternatives but it was our view, on the advice that we received,
that the quality of the applications of the other tenderers was not up to the
standard of Carnegie. The Carnegie project had struggled, so we determined at
this time to cease that project. It does not mean that at some future stage we
might not be able to reconsider, but at this particular time we felt that it
was not likely that we would achieve a positive outcome from approaching the
other tenderers that had been unsuccessful.