{"id":259559,"date":"2023-05-29T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259559"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:38:20","slug":"taxpayers-to-cop-higher-power-prices-if-foreign-bid-for-wind-farm-succeeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259559","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayers to cop higher power prices if foreign bid for wind farm succeeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"259563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=259563\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?fit=897%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"897,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?w=897&amp;ssl=1 897w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SkyNewsAustralia\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/Q-ry-JNiIiQtu7V8C3PdBFyOI-i4_bR_v8jpnkvKSAlgrLaZa40Zu1TQyfGVCGm9-49JxlOjng=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Sky News Australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky News host Peta Credlin says a Belgian company looking to buy a Victorian coastal wind farm could receive taxpayer subsidies if their bid succeeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnother foreign company today is about to muscle in on more taxpayer subsidy billions, in Victoria, of course, a wind farm off the Victorian coast, it\u2019s a Belgian mob this time that are bidding to get in and they will then sell everything off to the Japanese,\u201d Ms Credlin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey get all the taxpayer subsidies of course we\u2019d cop all the extra prices for the power and all the profits then head offshore, that\u2019s not a great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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