Sydney steamed up by coal seam gas

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29-Jun-2011 - Aimee Scott (Central Sydney)

SYDNEY Council has told worried residents there is no connection between its trigeneration turbines plan and coal seam gas mining.

"Trigeneration cannot run off coal seam methane as this contains damaging trace elements which would destroy the trigeneration engines," the council's energy and climate change chief Allan Jones said at a public forum. "The effect would be similar to filling up a petrol car with diesel fuel."

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