Lyne MP David Gillespie has called for the Hunter Offshore Wind Zone to be abandoned, arguing the five gigawatt project represents a financial black hole that will never produce enough sustained energy to meet the region's power needs.
"If I was in charge I certainly would (abandon it) because it's a bad idea to get any energy from offshore wind; the rest of the world only built them because they got huge subsidies," Dr Gillespie, who will speak at next Tuesday's Reckless Renewables Rally in Canberra, said.
