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May 13, 2014

Changing Renewable Energy Target would damage investment and throw away jobs
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2014
Reducing the Renewable Energy Target (RET) as a result of the current review would increase power bills and lead to thousands of lost jobs, the Clean Energy Council argued in its submission this week to the panel reviewing the policy. Clean Energy Council Deputy Chief Executive Kane Thornton said that if Australia really was open for business as stated by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the policy should be left alone. Over $10 billion of investment had been made in large-scale renewable energy under ... read more

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