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Australia: Wind energy surges to record share as coal ebbs

2014-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: The Liddell coal-fired power station near Singleton: The shift away from coal for power and towards renewables such as wind may be reversed if the carbon tax is axed. Photo: Nick Moir Wind energy`s share of Australia`s main electricity market jumped to a record last month, helping to curb emissions from the power sector even as hydro output shrank, according to energy consultancy Pitt & Sherry. Wind farms, derided last week by Treasurer Joe Hockey as "utterly offensive" blights on the landscape,...

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