Note also that coal is heavily subsidised as well. All energy and
agriculture is subsidised in the way Government sets policy. The financial
decision might have been:
"We can't compete with out subsidies while coal technology is being heavily
subsidised."
Evan
On 5/16/06, michael hunter <> wrote:
In an article in last friday's Australian, which I read this
morning, Senator Campbell is quoted as saying that the Government's
"Mandatory Renewable Energy Target" of 2% by 2010, including renewable
and
low emission technolgies, has been reached, at a subsidy cost of a billion
dollars, that the number of turbines in Australia is now 600, and that
the
decision by wind-farm companies to shelve windfarms at Heemskirk in
Tasmania
and Waterloo in SA were commercial decisions.
By extrapolation, this suggests that without subsidising each
turbine by possibly a million dollars, the technology here is not
commercially viable. I'll check with the Minister as to the precise
subsidy.
Cheers
Michael
Michael Hunter
Mulgoa Valley
50km west of Sydney Harbour Bridge
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