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Rapid take up of local solar power by Australians

“Much of this growth will be in regional Australia, creating employment opportunities and an economic boost for towns and communities,”

Green Australia turns to solar power | The Daily Telegraph, Cameron England , 22 Dec 10, THERE were more than 100,000 solar power systems installed across Australia last year which is more than in the previous decade combined.Industry group Clean Energy Australia said yesterday that rooftop solar photovoltaic systems were becoming the “Hills Hoist” of the 21st century, driven by generous state and federal government subsidies.However growth in industrial-scale renewable power was “modest” in the year to the end of October, due to policy uncertainty about how the industry would be subsidised.The group’s 2010 report also predicted more than 55,000 jobs would be created in the industry by 2020, up from about 8085 now.
The increased employment, and projected investment of more than $20 billion, is being driven by the Federal Government’s target to have 20 per cent of the nation’s power supplied by renewal sources by 2020.
“Much of this growth will be in regional Australia, creating employment opportunities and an economic boost for towns and communities,” the report says. “In 2009-10 alone, clean energy in Australia generated just under $1.8 billion in investment.”……
The REC scheme will be split into large and small energy suppliers from January 1, 2011, which the Council said “should go a significant way towards returning some stability and supporting renewable energy investment in Australia”….

Green Australia turns to solar power | The Daily Telegraph

December 22, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, decentralised