Huge gas-fired power station plan quietly revealed amid renewables fanfare

Key points

• WA's environmental watchdog has released for public comment a plan for an 870-megawatt gas-fired power plant at Keralup, about 75 kilometres south of Perth. The privately owned project, developed by APA, would be the state's biggest.
• The release came on the same day the state government announced plans to almost double renewable energy generation within five years. Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson said she did not want to pre-empt the approvals process.
• She said the state's renewable share must rise from 40 per cent to 75 per cent on the main grid over five years.