Why fixate on 20% renewables? It’s never been the actual target
Author: The Conversation Date Posted:12 November 2014
Protesters say the government’s planned cuts to the Renewable Energy Target will endanger Australian jobs in the sector.
Labor has walked away from negotiations with the government over changes to the Renewable Energy Target, saying the proposed cuts of almost 40% are too deep.
Industry minister Ian Macfarlane says he is only trying to bring the scheme back into line with its “original bipartisan intent” of 20% renewable energy by 2020.
Yet this wasn’t the original intent. The Renewable Energy Target has gone through a variety of iterations over its lifetime, but never has it been officially defined in terms in terms of a percentage target.
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