{"id":33032,"date":"2019-08-28T06:48:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=33032"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T04:29:41","slug":"victoria-greens-renewables-mb1190","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-greens-renewables-mb1190\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Greens Continue Push For 100% Renewable Energy By 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Tim Read MP | via Facebok<\/p><\/div>\n

The Victorian Greens will move an amendment in State Parliament this week to boost the Victorian Renewable Energy Target for 2030 to 100%.<\/p>\n

The Andrews Labor Government introduced the Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Amendment Bill 2019 into Parliament last month<\/a>. It would lift the current VRET of\u00a0 25 per cent renewables by 2020 and 40 per cent by 2025 to 50 per cent by 2030.<\/p>\n

Member for Brunswick<\/a>, Dr. Tim Read, says this isn’t enough.<\/p>\n

“Victoria is already on track to reach this target by 2029,” said Dr. Read<\/a>. \u201cWe need a more ambitious target to adequately respond to the climate emergency and to provide stable and reliable energy for Victorian homes and businesses.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With increasing concerns regarding the state’s ageing fleet of brown coal-fired clunkers, Dr. Read says Victoria needs a strong pipeline of new renewable energy projects – assumed to mean “stronger” as there’s already a bunch of wind and solar energy capacity in the works.<\/p>\n

The Victorian Greens say they have already developed and costed a comprehensive plan<\/a> to achieve a 100 per cent renewables goal. This includes, but isn’t limited to:<\/p>\n