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Australia’s govt urged to push renewable energy – ‘All Energy Australia’ in Melbourne

‘All Energy Australia’ in Melbourne urges federal government to hike investment in renewable energy, IBT, By Kalyan Kumar @diplomatist10 on October 09 2015 All-Energy Australia’s conference and exhibition held in Melbourne on Oct. 7 and 8 drew a huge turnout and the event concluded with a clarion call to Australia to catch up with the rest of the world by increasing the investment in the renewable energy sector.

The keynote of Chairman for the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben was significant. He urged Australian policy makers to “wake up early enough” and encourage the industry to stay optimistic and remember that “we have the future in our hands in a way that no one has ever had before.”……..

Addressing the event, Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten said Australia was an energy superpower with so much renewable resources at its command to power “five hundred times over.” But he regretted that the country is trailing behind in the renewables’ revolution due to the impasse over Renewable Energy Target……

Shorten said solar power will dominate Australia’s clean energy revolution and battery storage will also gain traction. “Morgan Stanley has found that the solar and battery storage market could grow to 2.4 million Australian homes,” Shorten added. http://www.ibtimes.com.au/all-energy-australia-melbourne-urges-federal-government-hike-investment-renewable-energy-1473163

October 14, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News