Nothing accidental about South Australia’s shift to clean energy

South Australia’s remarkable success in renewable energy over the last decade is no accident, the CEC’s Network Specialist Tom Butler has written in RenewEconomy, in response to claims from opponents that it is part of some giant experiment. Tom says the multi-billion dollar investment in wind and solar, the reduction in emissions from the power sector and the resulting job creation were the result of careful planning by successive state governments. And even though it now gets more than 40 per cent of its power from wind and solar, he says the state can go much further. Click here to read the full story.