The Tasmanian Renewable Energy Industry Development Board has released advice to the Tasmanian Government on developing a Renewable Energy Strategy for the state.
The advice identifies a number of opportunities and issues for future development of renewable energy in Tasmania, and is based on four strategic development themes:
* Promoting ?utility scale? development * Promoting distributed and embedded generation development * Promoting renewable energy research development and demonstration * Fuelling the economy with renewable energy.
Tasmanian Minister for Economic Development, David O?Byrne, said work on some actions from the Board?s advice would begin in the shorter term, although a number of elements will require further consideration, given their significance and wide ranging impacts. Progress has already being made on some projects informed by the Board?s advice, including:
* Site works associated with Hydro Tasmania?s three year $40.9 million King Island Renewable Energy Integration Project will start in September 2011 * Consideration of the first of eight well-advanced loan applications for the $30 million Renewable Energy Loan Scheme, including projects involving solar, wind, mini-hydro and gas produced from the ?bio-digestion? of biomass * The Tasmanian Planning Commission is working to maximise the number of renewable energy projects that meet planning scheme requirements without the need for a more costly and longer discretionary planning and approval process."
What is interesting is what is NOT mentioned. Nothing about geothermal. Where is Kuth in all this?
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