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Queensland and Western Australia’s bizarre decisions against renewable energy

Why Tony Abbott may spark an Australian energy revolution  REneweconomy, By Giles Parkinson on 19 December 2013 “……….The Queensland and WA governments are the most vocal opponents of renewable energy and rooftop solar. Yet it is they who are managing what are quite possibly the most unsustainable fossil fuel grids in the world. Both states rely hugely on subsidies (totaling $1 billion a year) to deliver the fossil fuel to the socket, and the government-owned entities still make losses.

The fact that they are trying to stop the rollout of solar and storage, and extend the life of moribund assets, beggars belief. The bizarre decisions taken in WA, where the government proposes to extend the life of its main mis-firing coal-fired generator, to subsidise the construction of diesel-fuelled peaking plants that may never be switched on, to retrospectively change solar tariffs, and declare it is no longer interested in large-scale renewable energy development, is just a taste of the extraordinary decisions being made…….http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/why-tony-abbott-may-spark-an-australian-energy-revolution-64382

December 20, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | energy, Queensland, Western Australia