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Australia’s renewable energy reputation down the drain

Wind farms crackdown ‘looming’, SBS World News Australia 29 August 2011 |  Gareth Boreham,   Australia’s renewable energy industry is warning billions of investment dollars and hundreds of jobs will be lost after an unprecedented wind farm crackdown. Victoria has become the first state to place strict limits on how close to homes they can be built, no closer than two kilometres from homes and five kilometres from key town centres.

The wind power industry fears the Victorian decision could have wider implications for Australia’s international reputation as a world leader in renewable energy technology……http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1582856/Wind-farms-crackdown-looming

August 30, 2011 - Posted by | General News

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