Coalition Helping to Strengthen Renewable Energy in Australia (Hunt-Birmingham)

  The Coalition welcomes the passage through the Senate of amendments providing greater certainty to the renewable energy industry.   Legislation splitting the Renewable Energy Target (RET) into two parts from January 2011 – the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) – has been passed by the Senate with…

RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) AMENDMENT BILL 2010

Senator Birmingham: (South Australia) (12:31 PM) -It is my pleasure to rise to contribute to this debate on the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010, the Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010 and the Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010. At the outset, I restate the coalition’s strong commitment to the…