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Campaigners Power Renewable Energy Debate
Sustainable energy campaigners say now is the time to start switching Australia over to renewable power plants.
Perth Solar City Project
Perth is one of Australia's sunniest cities and is finally moving towards some solar PV installations. Although initially a little more expensive, these projects provide a great benefit to the enrironment and reduce peak electricity use.
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Sustainability
Clean Energy Council
The Clean Energy Council is the peak body representing Australia's clean energy sector
Beyond Zero Emissions
Beyond Zero Emissions facilitates the implementation of social changes and technologies needed to reduce the impacts of climate change and give our society and global ecosystems a chance of surviving into the future.
Sustainable Energy WA
Sustainable Energy Development Office of WA (SEDO) is the government contingent in WA looking at and funding sustainable energy initiatives.
Sustainable Energy VIC
The government contingent looking at sustainable energy in Victoria
Advantages of Renewable Energy
Renewable and sustainable energy has many clear advantages over coal, oil and nuclear electricity generation which currently makes up most of our energy mix.
- Long term energy security
- Technology export to a growing market segment
- Carbon trading options through future global trading networks
- Long term economic growth
- Facilitates the introduction of smart grids and electric vehicles
- Facilitates recycling of waste heat, hydrogen and other industry by-products
- Lower pollution and health hazard
- Greater environmental protection
- Less energy security threat from terrorism through decentralised renewable energy generation
- Save depleting oil based resources for important uses such as airline fuel where few alternative options exist
- Cheaper - long term advantages make renewable the cost effective solution for future years when a depleting oil supply will push oil prices up consistently
- Safer - no coal mining accidents, no uranium contamination, just clean efficient and safe energy
- Wave energy can produce direct fresh clean drinking water through forced desalination
- Lower transmission losses as economies of scale no longer force large base load generation facilities into semi remote locations
- Wind turbines can be installed at sea taking up no land mass
- Wind turbines provide attractive alternative income for farmers if they are placed on their land
- Save huge amounts of water which can then be used for drinking. This leads to a reduction in the amount of desalination plants required