Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Australia: Solar panels linked to lower power usage

Sydney Morning Herald: SCHEMES encouraging people to install solar panels and save energy have cut household power consumption and will restrict the pace at which electricity bills increase in coming years, a new analysis has found. While solar incentive schemes have been criticised as an expensive way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, an industry analysis has found they have led to a reduction in the amount of fossil fuel electricity drawn from the national power grid. It suggests it is likely no new baseload...

URL: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/solar-panels-linked-to-lower-power-usage-20120619-20m42.html

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