Andrews government hopes to boost clean energy within a decade

Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, with
a model wind turbine - he hopes its big
cousins will be prevalent within a decade.

Victoria would have 40 per cent clean electricity in less than a decade – nearly tripling the current level – under an ambitious plan announced by the Andrews government.

The government has set targets to ramp up wind power and large-scale solar power, paid for through an increase in household and business electricity bills and spending from the budget.

With private spending on clean electricity largely stalled due to a lack of confidence in federal government support for a national renewable energy target, the Andrews government believes its policy will make Victoria the centre of a revitalised industry.

It estimates that, at the peak of construction in the middle of the next decade, there will be about 4000 workers helping to build the target's 5400 megawatts capacity of clean energy.

To put that in perspective, there are 18 wind farms with planning approval in the state, but not built.

Read Adam Morton’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Wind farm boom looms as Premier Daniel Andrews looks to boost clean power.”