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		<title>Victorian solar feed-in tariff improved, but still low power</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/news/victorian-solar-feed-in-tariff-improved-but-still-low-power</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bojunc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's leading sustainable living organisation congratulates the Victorian Opposition, Greens and electricity retailers for their efforts to correct what was one the of the nation's most regressive feed-in tariffs for solar power.

The Alternative Technology Association welcomes the last minute amendments to the Victorian feed-in tariff laws that will see homes, community groups and small businesses paid for the clean electricity they contribute to Victoria's power supply.
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		<title>Victorian feed-in tariff legislation passed through parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/news/victorian-feed-in-tariff-legislation-passed-through-parliament</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/news/victorian-feed-in-tariff-legislation-passed-through-parliament#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnal</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WIN prizes in the ReNew readers survey</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/news/fill-out-the-renew-readers-survey-and-win-prizes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/news/fill-out-the-renew-readers-survey-and-win-prizes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacintac</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Complete the <em>ReNew </em>magazine readers survey and go into the draw to <strong>WIN </strong>one of five prize packages including the <em>Your Home Technical Manual</em>, <em>Solar Electricity</em> booklet and the <em>Solar Hot Water</em> booklet. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney Central: July 2009 Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/branch-news/sydney-central-branch-news/sydney-central-july-2009-meeting</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/branch-news/sydney-central-branch-news/sydney-central-july-2009-meeting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>petert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the next Sydney Central Alternative Technology Association meeting, our Guest Speaker is Bill Holland who is speaking on the topic &#8220;The Real Value of Solar&#8221;.
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New desalination plant for WA will come at a high price</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/ebulletins/ignoring-smart-water-solutions-will-come-at-a-high-price</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/ebulletins/ignoring-smart-water-solutions-will-come-at-a-high-price#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bojunc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Families will take 20 years to pay off solar systems under NSW feed-in tariff</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/ebulletins/families-will-take-20-years-to-pay-off-solar-systems-under-nsw-feed-in-tariff</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/ebulletins/families-will-take-20-years-to-pay-off-solar-systems-under-nsw-feed-in-tariff#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bojunc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Melbourne Branch meeting July 15th</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/branch-news/melbourne-branch-meeting-july-15th</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/branch-news/melbourne-branch-meeting-july-15th#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelj</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This meeting will be 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATA Submission to Inquiry into the Approvals Process for Renewable Energy Projects in Victoria</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/news/ata-submission-to-inquiry-into-the-approvals-process-for-renewable-energy-projects-in-victoria</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/news/ata-submission-to-inquiry-into-the-approvals-process-for-renewable-energy-projects-in-victoria#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>damienm</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.

<a href='http://www.ata.org.au/wp-content/uploads/ata-submission-to-enrc-inquiry-into-approvals-process-for-re-in-vic-final-190609.pdf'>ata-submission-to-enrc-inquiry-into-approvals-process-for-re-in-vic-final-190609</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Family First pinches the pennies from household solar power</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/media-releases/family-first-pinches-the-pennies-from-household-solar-power</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/media-releases/family-first-pinches-the-pennies-from-household-solar-power#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bojunc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Order of Australia for Alan Pears</title>
		<link>http://www.ata.org.au/news/order-of-australia-for-alan-pears</link>
		<comments>http://www.ata.org.au/news/order-of-australia-for-alan-pears#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacintac</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;for service to the environment through the development of policy and design in the fields of energy efficiency and sustainability and through public awareness [...]]]></description>
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