The Victorian solar feed-in tariff legislation was successfully passed through the Legislative Council last Thursday night (25th June) and will come into effect in the next couple of months. The ATA would like to thank members for their great contributions to this process over the past 18 months. Below is an update on the progress [...]

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At the next Sydney Central Alternative Technology Association meeting, our Guest Speaker is Bill Holland who is speaking on the topic “The Real Value of Solar”.
Bill became interested in solar power through his business and in 2006 took the step to converting his home to solar. His next project to turn Pittwater High School into [...]

The Western Australian government is committing generations of households to high water bills by choosing expensive, energy intensive and environmentally unsustainable solutions to the state’s water woes, says Australia’s leading sustainable living organisation, the Alternative Technology Association (ATA).

The approval of a second desalination plant for WA, at Binningup, raises grave concerns over the economic and environmental costs of desalination, says Anjali Brown, Water Policy Manager for the ATA.

The NSW state government’s solar feed-in tariff legislation will see families taking 20 years or more to pay back the cost of their solar system, says Australia’s leading sustainable living organisation, the Alternative Technology Association (ATA).

Damien Moyse, ATA’s Energy Policy Manager, says the NSW government’s estimate of a 12 year pay back time is not backed by feed-in tariff modeling.

This meeting was held at 5:45pm on Wednesday July 15th at the offices of URS, level 6 no 1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map)
The topic:
REC’s, green power, community power etc etc
Convenor: Jim Lambert
This has emerged as a hot topic, with major legislation headed for the battleground of parliament.
The main speaker for the [...]

The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s Inquiry into the Approvals Process for Renewable Energy Projects in Victoria.

ATA understands that the Committee’s focus particularly relates to large scale renewable energy (most notably wind). ATA strongly supports the greater uptake of large scale renewable technology across Victoria and the streamlining of regulatory and approval processes to support this, as one of the main planks of the Victorian Government’s climate change response.

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Senator Steve Fielding has infuriated households and plunged the solar industry into free fall after he left Australians with virtually no support for solar power installations, says the Alternative Technology Association (ATA).

Senator Fielding, along with Senator Xenopohon and the Coalition deferred the Renewable Energy Target (RET) legislation late last night.

Long-time ATA Supporter and ReNew policy columnist Alan Pears has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queens Birthday Honour List. Alan has been recognised “for service to the environment through the development of policy and design in the fields of energy efficiency and sustainability and through public awareness [...]

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