{"id":3480,"date":"2010-12-21T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:50:58","slug":"australia-more-alternative-energy-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/australia-more-alternative-energy-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Got a Boost of Alternative Energy in 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Via Flickr\/Firax<\/figcaption><\/figure>Australia installed more solar power in 2010 than it had during the previous decade, says a Clean Energy Australia report.
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There were more than 100,000 solar power systems installed during January – October 2010, compared with a total of 81,232 between 2000 and 2009. It also became more affordable, the report says.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Over the past year more than 100,000 households have made a significant personal investment to take individual action on climate change and protect themselves against rising electricity prices,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Matthew Warren, Clean Energy Australia CEO.<\/p>\n

The organization expects that over 55,000 jobs will be created in the renewable energy sector by 2020.<\/p>\n

Facts and figures<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2010 8.67 per cent of Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s electricity came from renewable sources, or 21,751 gigawatt hours. A total of 209 megawatts of large scale clean energy projects were added to the grid between January and October 2010. Bloomberg New Energy Finance says the sector attracted just under $1.8 billion in new financial investment during the 2009-2010 financial year.<\/p>\n

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Via Energy Boom<\/a><\/p>\n

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