RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET | What is the target? A major source of confusion. The Abbott government backs a real 20 per cent. In fact, the legislated goal has never been 20 per cent. From its inception in 2001, the industry has been working to absolute targets of electricity supply for the simple reason that nobody can predict precisely the supply needed in any single day, let alone a years worth in 20 years. In 2009 and 2010, the Renewable Energy Target (RET) was raised, and then tweaked, with bipartisan support. Marketers then picked up on the RETs increased targets and coined the figure of a 20 per cent reduction by 2020. In reality, Australias RET goal is for large-scale generators to deliver 41,000,000,000,000 watt-hours per year. That equals 41,000 gigawatt-hours, or 41 terawatt-hours if youre particularly geeky. Thats enough to power about 6.2 million households. SPP: Is the percentage of renewable energy in our economy therefore diluted by rapid population growth?
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:04:24 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015