Green electricity in Australia
- Green electricity in Australia
Green electricity in Australia is available from a number of green energy suppliers that supply electricity from what are thought to be environmentally friendly energy sources. Typically, this refers to renewable and non-polluting energy sources. The growth and development of the green energy industry is tracked in Australia by the ALTEX-Australia alternative energy index.
In Australia green energy is accredited under the GreenPower scheme whereby all distributors are government audited bi-annually to ensure that customers are getting exactly what is described in their purchased products. As of 2008 there are currently 750,000 GreenPower customers with the largest nationwide distributors being EnergyAustralia, Jackgreen, Origin Energy and TRUenergy.
As of 2008 these companies currently offer a residential green power accredited program:
*AGL
*ARK Climate
*Australian Power & Gas
*Click Energy
*Climate Friendly
*Country Energy
*COZero
*Domayne
*EnergyAustralia
*Ergon Energy Queensland
*Global Green Plan
*Integral Energy
*Jackgreen
*Momentum Energy
*Origin Energy
*Our Neighbourhood Energy
*Queensland Electricity
*Simply Energy
*South Australia Electricity
*Synergy
*TRUenergy
*Victoria Electricity
ee also
*Green energy
*Renewable energy commercialisation in Australia
External links
* [http://www.greenpower.gov.au/ GreenPower.gov.au - accredited renewable energy]
* [http://www.originenergy.com.au/home/template.php?pageid=1142#extracost Estimates of additional cost of new renewable energy]
** [http://www.planetark.com/greenpowertable/ GreenPower Price Watch]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/households-switch-on-to-green-power/2007/08/12/1186857348286.html Households switch on to green power]
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