Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young today welcomed the announcement SA\u2019s \u2018big battery\u2019 would be expanded following investment by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
\nSenator Hanson-Young who chaired the Senate Select Committee into the Resilience of Australia\u2019s Electricity Infrastructure said the funding decision shows renewable energy generation does stack up and is where SA\u2019s future lies.
\n\u201cSouth Australia is leading the way when it comes to a clean-energy future. We\u2019ve got the largest battery in the world with power generated by wind and solar, not dirty old coal,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement only adds weight to the argument against opening up a new fossil fuel basin in the Great Australian Bight.
\n\u201cSA\u2019s future is in clean, green renewable energy, not drilling in the Bight.
\nSenator Hanson-Young said given the climate crisis and forecast catastrophic fire conditions in SA tomorrow, following devastating fires in NSW and Qld, the Federal Government should be following SA\u2019s lead and transitioning all states to a renewable energy future.
\n\u201cAustralians are desperate for the Morrison Government to take action on climate change,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cTransitioning all communities to renewable energy is the least the PM could do before we all suffer through even more devastating extreme weather events and fires.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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