Western Australia will rely on major new wind projects to underpin an ambitious green energy target for its main power grid, but business has warned that the plan will not reduce power prices enough to save manufacturing and minerals processing in the state.
The Cook Labor government on Tuesday announced a 75 per cent renewable energy generation target for the South West Interconnected System by 2031, blaming the state’s ageing coal-fired energy system for growing cost pressures hitting businesses.
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