One of the worlds most advanced solar power companies has shelved plans to develop electricity plants for the public market in Australia because of the Governments apparent hostility to renewable energy. Solar Reserve, based in Santa Monica, California, has pioneered a technology that combines mass-scale solar power generation with storage, allowing energy from the sun to be time-shifted and used 24 hours a day. The company hopes the mining industry will take up the technology at remote mine sites which currently rely on polluting - and heavily subsidised - fuel. But the company has given up on ambitions to generate electricity for the retail market in Australia. Solar Reserve chief executive Kevin Smith told the ABCs Four Corners program the company had been deterred by a drift in policy and the planned scrapping of the carbon tax. It was also concerned about the appointment of Dick Warburton, who doubts that carbon emissions are causing global warming, to lead a review of Australias Renewable Energy Target. Lock The Gate Alliance Inc Knitting Nannas Against Gas Grafton Loop Knitting Nannas Against Gas-Ballina Shire Downstream Knitting Nannas of the Mid North Coast Gympie Water Air Soil Protection CWA of NSW - Yamba Branch Country Womens Association of NSW - CWA North Coast Group Chickens against global warming
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