{"id":118236,"date":"2015-08-21T23:04:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=118236"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T04:56:50","slug":"ergon-looking-for-green-energy-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/08\/21\/ergon-looking-for-green-energy-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Ergon Looking For
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Energy Minister Mark Bailey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 21, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government announced on Friday that Ergon Energy will be entering the market to buy 150MW of renewable energy from regional Queensland.<\/p>\n

Energy Minister Mark Bailey said Queensland\u2019s renewable energy sector would see a major boost in job numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the beginning of the large-scale renewable energy agenda of the Palaszczuk Government,\u201d Mr Bailey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will mean new construction projects, jobs in regional areas, and getting on with building our renewable future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis simply would not be happening if Ergon Energy was being privatised as planned by the previous LNP government.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus on public ownership and strong commitments on renewable energy gives confidence to Ergon to take this forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeveraging new solar, wind and hydro opportunities will create further jobs across the State during construction and ongoing maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ergon Energy chief executive Ian McLeod said the move to investing in the renewables industry was a common sense approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRenewable energy sources including rooftop solar are already contributing over 10 per cent of the electricity for our main grid and we expect that growth to continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cQueensland\u2019s sugar industry\u2019s generation of renewable energy is already contributing $45.7 million in economic value to the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a government owner of a retailer committed to renewable energy projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ergon Energy Retail will this week be calling for detailed submissions from companies that can help to meet this goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is looking to partner with new renewable energy projects with companies that have a solid reputation in the renewable energy field.<\/p>\n

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  • Bagasse Sugar projects including Mackay (36MW), Proserpine (10MW), Maryborough (3.5MW) and Bundaberg (2.8MW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Solar – Fraser Coast Solar Farm – 400Kw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Wind – Windy Hill Wind Farm (12MW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Hydro – Burnett Dam(2.8MW), Tinaroo 1.6MW and Paranella Park (14.7kw)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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