The Marsden B power station, which has fallen an expensive victim of the oil crisis. Scheduled to be completed in October, the $47M oil-powered station has been delayed being commissioned by the Government for about 10 years. According to the Government, because of reduced forecasts of electricity demand, and its policy of favouring hydro-electric power and thermal stations using fuels such coat and gas, it was no longer possible to justify commissioning a station that would burn expensive oil.
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79The Marsden B power station, which has fallen an expensive victim of the oil crisis. Scheduled to be completed in October, the $47M oil-powered station has been delayed being commissioned by the Government for about 10 years. According to the Government, because of reduced forecasts of electricity demand, and its policy of favouring hydro-electric power and thermal stations using fuels such coat and gas, it was no longer possible to justify commissioning a station that would burn expensive oil. Press, 2 July 1979, Page 3
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