5/22/2023 0 Comments The city that we became![]() ![]() ![]() MATT BEVAN: The Kooragang Island wind turbine, installed by electricity company Energy Australia, was the country’s largest.ĪLAN TATE, 1997: It’s a measure of the revolution occurring within the world’s energy market that a system thought of until recently as fanciful, is now a two billion-dollar global enterprise. ![]() MATT BEVAN: But in 1997, if you peered through the smog and looked between the 3-kilometer wide coal piles, you’d find something out of place.ĪLAN TATE, 1997: Yesterday in the shadow of greenhouse gas emissions from BHP’s fading steelworks in Newcastle, the control button was pushed to start up the latest generator in the world’s fastest-growing industry, wind power. The five to ten year expansion will see Kooragang become the world’s largest coal-loading terminal. ![]() But under plans just approved, its output will almost double. MATT BEVAN, HOST, AUSTRALIA, IF YOU’RE LISTENING: Kooragang Island is the largest island in Newcastle Harbour.īefore industries arrived and filled the gaps with tonnes of dirt, it was actually several islands, dominated by mangroves, mosquitoes and fruit trees.Īnd in the late 90s it was in the midst of a massive transformation.ĪLAN TATE, ABC REPORTER, 1997: It handles more than 1 billion dollars in coal exports a year. ![]()
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