Australian Financial Review
Monday 7/5/2007 Page: 8
Yesterday, as part of climate change initiatives, the West Australian government has announced a renewable energy target of 20 per cent for the state's electricity supply by 2025 and will require all energy-saving devices. Premier Alan Carpenter said that all new houses built after September 1 would be required to incorporate minimum Building Code of Australia five-star-plus energy and water-efficiency measures.
The spending of a further $1.5 million would allow a free audit for WA households on how they could cut emissions and energy costs and a $36.5 million low-emission energy development fund would be set up to promote the development of emission-reduction technology.
A report last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said renewable energy could have a 30 to 35 per cent share of the total electricity supply in 2030, at prices up to US$50 a tonne for carbon dioxide.
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