UTILITIES
Solar farms are common in Australia , such as this one at Wilpena , Flinders Range National Park
with its promise to conduct a review of the RET ,” Bhavnagri told Fairfax Media . “ The investment environment for clean energy in Australia is currently very poor .”
Renewable energy companies throughout the country are likely to have suffered a significant drop in investment , and many are doing their part to make sure the RET remains unchanged . In addition to signing the letter to Parliament , some executives are publicly voicing their opposition to the review and warning that its repeal could have further consequences .
“ Hopefully the government and the parliament more broadly would accept that you can ’ t leave the industry in limbo with legislative uncertainty for another two years . The industry would pretty much collapse if that happened ,” Miles George , managing director of Infigen Energy told RenewEconomy . “ Regulatory certainty is what we need . You can ’ t make a 20-year investment on the back of legislation that might change every two years .”
Upon the official announcement of the review , Australian Solar Council chief executive John Grimes launched a Save Solar campaign
14 September 2014