{"id":2472,"date":"2013-05-06T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:45:55","slug":"think-tank-report-throws-weight-behind-solar-as-australias-energy-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/think-tank-report-throws-weight-behind-solar-as-australias-energy-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Think tank: Solar is Australia\u2019s energy future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/think-tank-report-throws-weight-behind-solar-as-australias-energy-future\/the-future\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2480\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2480 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/future.jpg\" alt=\"The future.\" width=\"346\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>Yet another report released this week backing solar energy as the future for Australian energy needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/cpd.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre for Policy Development<\/a> (CPD) released a landmark study (yes how many times have you heard reports described as \u201clandmark\u201d?) which, on the surface, appears to state the bleedin\u2019 obvious points \u2014 at least to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SolarQuotes<\/a> readers anyway \u2014 about the energy future of Australia.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->These are that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The country will be hit hard by rising electricity prices.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Solar power is now a very popular form of alternative energy.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">If passed on by companies, the increased take up of solar power will help reduce electricity prices.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The word \u201cif\u201d is the operative word in the third point. Laura Eadie, the report\u2019s lead author and the Sustainable Economy Research Director at the Centre for Policy Development makes the telling point about vested interests likely to oppose what many see as the inevitable march of solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report shows rooftop solar has a key role to play in Australia\u2019s transition to a clean,\u00a0affordable and reliable electricity system. Powerful interests will resist that change\u201d, she said in an April 30 press release.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/cpd.org.au\/2013\/04\/going-solar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Going solar: renewing Australia\u2019s electricity options<\/a> study says that access to solar subsidies are not only desirable for an increase in solar energy but but also supported by the vast majority of Australians. Its recommendations are that governments tailor policies (read subsidies) to suit rooftop solar power users and make available to all Australians.<\/p>\n<p>While these points are hardly new, it is important to understand that it is the manner of the organisation that is making the claims rather than the points made. While the CPD (a think tank associated with the magazine the New Matilda) is hardly a hotbed of extreme right wing thinking, its claims to be an independent think tank seem kosher.<\/p>\n<p>It claims to bring a source of independent and cogent thought and analysis to the political scene with a presumed aim of influencing government policy according to established facts and research. Now there\u2019s an interesting idea! The fact that it appears to back solar power as the future for Australia\u2019s energy needs is also very encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability anyone?<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got a bit of time to sit down and read the report, you can access it from the <a href=\"http:\/\/cpd.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">centre\u2019s website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another report released this week backing solar energy as the future for Australian energy needs. 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