1. Electric dreams.
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Klein, Alice
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WIND power plants , *BATTERY storage plants , *ENERGY industries , *SOCIAL scientists , *GEOTHERMAL resources , *FUEL cells , *RENEWABLE natural resources , *WIND power - Abstract
Features A DECADE ago, the main landmark in Port Augusta, a town in South Australia, was a 200-metre-tall chimney puffing fumes from a coal-fired power station. The state's renewable energy push began in 2002, when the South Australian Labor Party was elected to government. It comprises a network of solar panels and batteries that Tesla installed for free on more than 4000 government-owned social housing properties across South Australia. Its initial interest in renewables was in fact economic, says Tom Koutsantonis, the state's current energy minister under its latest Labor government. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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