Edward and Christine asked many pertinent questions that the Lord Mayor was unable or unwilling to answer in relation to the Tri-Generation scheme. After shining the spotlight on the Tri-Generation scheme, Cogen pulled out of the project leaving the Lord Mayor's sustainability targets in tatters.
The Lord Mayor's non-negotialble carbon reduction targets are now aspirational targets.
Even thou $8.1 million was spent on reports to justify the Tri-Generation scheme, the Council's exposure if the scheme failed would have been in the hundreds of millions
Clover Moore gas plan hot air - Daily Telegraph Sydney City Council debates trigeneration power scheme risks - Daily Telegraph Sydney Off-the-grid Sydney plan is a waste of energy - and $2.7 million - Daily Telegraph City of Sydney can meet sustainability targets despite dumping trigeneration: Clover Moore - Daily Telegraph Sydney City Council spent $8.1m researching shelved gas-fired tri-gen power precinct plan - Daily Telegraph