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Renewables produce 10% of power supply

 

ELECTRICITY produced by renewable sources is approaching 10 per cent of Australia's total power supply, half of the national target for 2020.

The Clean Energy Council's 2011 review - launched overnight at climate change talks in Durban, South Africa - said renewables' share of Australian electricity generation had grown by almost one percentage point over the past year, up from 8.7 per cent to 9.64 per cent.

But the growth was driven largely by increased generation of hydro power following heavy rains across the east coast.

Hydro is still far and away the biggest clean energy source in Australia, accounting for 67 per cent of the total, followed by wind power at 22 per cent.

Rooftop solar technology accounts for only 2.3 per cent of all renewable power generated, or a little over 0.2 per cent of total generation.

Despite this, the review said more than 75 per cent of the $5.2 billion invested in renewable energy in Australia in the 2010-11 financial year went on household solar.

To know more about the Renewables energy supply, read The Age's full story.

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