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 Australia Rejects Calls From The Fossil Fuel Industry To Roll Back 20 Percent Renewable Energy Target, Think Progress,  By Stephen Lacey   Nov 1, 2012   An independent body set up to consider Australia’s official target of generating 20 percent of its energy needs by 2020 from renewable sources has rejected calls from incumbent utilities and heavy industry to scale back the target.  [Renewable Energy World ] ..

According to a report published on October 17 by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), 2012 has been a record year for the development of wind power within the United States. The U.S. wind industry has surpassed 50,000 megawatts of electrical power generation capacity, with a total of 4,728 megawatts added this year alone and another 8,430 megawatts in active development throughout 29 states and Puerto Rico. [Renewable Energy World ]….. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/11/01/1121371/november-1-news-australia-rejects-calls-from-the-fossil-fuel-industry-to-roll-back-20-percent-renewable-energy-target/?mobile=nc

November 2, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News