Aussie Environment Minister Puts The Kibosh On Green Energy Hub
The Australian environment minister has shot down a planned Asian Renewable Energy Hub, saying it would endanger protected wetlands and several species of water fowl.
The Australian environment minister has shot down a planned Asian Renewable Energy Hub, saying it would endanger protected wetlands and several species of water fowl.
The Australian government may have little interest in renewable energy, but neighboring countries like Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan certainly do.
Australian banking giant Macquarie Group has joined a consortium of renewable energy leaders including Intercontinental Energy, Vestas, and CWP Energy Asia in investing in the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, a wind and solar hybrid power plant set to be built in Australia’s northwest which has been expanded once again to over 11 gigawatts (GW) in planned capacity.
A coalition of renewable energy leaders has unveiled plans to build a 6 gigawatt wind and solar hybrid power plant in Western Australia with sole intention of exporting its electricity production to its northern neighbor Indonesia via subsea electrical cables.