Case Study 7.7

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Case study 7.7: State renewable energy measures (p. 375)

For more information on the National Renewable Energy Target, visit the website of the Department of Climate Change, at http://climatechange.gov.au/renewabletarget/publications/index.html.  See also Andrew Clark and Renee Garner, ‘The Expanded Renewable Energy Target’ (2009) 24(2) Australian Environment Review 12.

For information on other renewable energy laws, see Ryan Wiser et al, ‘The Experience with Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States’ (2007) 20 Electricity Journal 8; Benjamin Sovacool, ‘Congress Got it Wrong, The Case for a National Renewable Portfolio Standard and Implications for Policy’ (2008) 3 Environmental and Energy Law and Policy Journal 85; James Prest, ‘A Dangerous Obsession with Least Cost?  Climate Change, Renewable Energy Law and Emissions Trading’ in Wayne Gumley and Trevor Daya-Winterbottom (eds), Climate Change Law: Comparative, Contractual and Regulatory Considerations (Sydney, 2009), 179-206 (comparing Australian renewable energy targets with European feed-in tariffs).


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