West Aus. copies German clean power promotion
German-style feed-in system coming to Western Australia
Perth, 8 April 09 -- Western Australia is en route to German-style government support funding for all clean energy technologies. The state’s Upper House has given unanimous support to a renewable energy feed-in-tariff.
Perth, 8 April 09 -- Western Australia is en route to German-style government support funding for all clean energy technologies. The state’s Upper House has given unanimous support to a renewable energy feed-in-tariff.
The move was initiated and driven by the Greens member of the Legislative Council (Upper House), Paul Llewellyn, who’s been lobbying for this for four years. Greens hold the balance of power in WA which has a Conservativ government dependent on Green and independent members of parliament.
Energy Minister Peter Collier told parliament on 1 April: “I am very mindful of the benefits of the feed-in tariff. I am very mindful of how significant it is in the minds of people in the community. If I have received correspondence on one issue more than any other since becoming a minister, it is about what the government will do about the feed-in tariff. We have committed AUD13.5 million to the gross feed-in tariff.
“The Sustainable Energy Development Office is currently working out the structure of the feed-in tariff. It is another example of the way in which the community as a whole is embracing renewable energy sources.”
Paul visited Germany where he talked to their Greens, energy companies and government officials about the German support system. To explain it to stakeholders here in Australia, he brought over Hans-Josef Fell, a German Greens MP, credited with designing their system.
He explained to me on the phone today that The Greens federal Senator Christine Milne took a bill to the Senate with much the same content as the WA proposals but was turned down by the Kevin Rudd Labor government.
Paul, who was praised in Perth by Minister Collier “for bringing this motion to the Legislative Council” says he will work through the Greens network to get the same kind of action happening in the other Australian states and so increase the pressure on Rudd.
He would next help to write the necessary legislation “to make sure Collier’s bureaucrats don’t water it down”.
When I asked Paul why there’s been practically nothing in the mainstream media about the WA development, he said, “they just don’t understand what it’s about”.
The German system is recognised globally as the one that best promotes clean energies and is being adopted by more and more countries.
Energy Minister Peter Collier told parliament on 1 April: “I am very mindful of the benefits of the feed-in tariff. I am very mindful of how significant it is in the minds of people in the community. If I have received correspondence on one issue more than any other since becoming a minister, it is about what the government will do about the feed-in tariff. We have committed AUD13.5 million to the gross feed-in tariff.
“The Sustainable Energy Development Office is currently working out the structure of the feed-in tariff. It is another example of the way in which the community as a whole is embracing renewable energy sources.”
Paul visited Germany where he talked to their Greens, energy companies and government officials about the German support system. To explain it to stakeholders here in Australia, he brought over Hans-Josef Fell, a German Greens MP, credited with designing their system.
He explained to me on the phone today that The Greens federal Senator Christine Milne took a bill to the Senate with much the same content as the WA proposals but was turned down by the Kevin Rudd Labor government.
Paul, who was praised in Perth by Minister Collier “for bringing this motion to the Legislative Council” says he will work through the Greens network to get the same kind of action happening in the other Australian states and so increase the pressure on Rudd.
He would next help to write the necessary legislation “to make sure Collier’s bureaucrats don’t water it down”.
When I asked Paul why there’s been practically nothing in the mainstream media about the WA development, he said, “they just don’t understand what it’s about”.
The German system is recognised globally as the one that best promotes clean energies and is being adopted by more and more countries.
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