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GEOTHERMAL AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY (EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES) AMENDMENT BILL 2009 (NO. 2)
2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Geothermal and Other Renewable
Energy (Emerging Technologies)
Amendment Bill 2009
No. , 2009
(Senator Minchin)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy
(Electricity) Act 2000 in connection with emerging
technologies
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Renewable Energy (Electricity)
Act 2000
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Geothermal and Other Renewable Energy (Emerging Technologies) Amendment Bill 2009
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy
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(Electricity) Act 2000 in connection with emerging
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technologies
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Geothermal and Other Renewable
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Energy (Emerging Technologies) Amendment Act 2009.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendment of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Renewable
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Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
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1 After paragraph 39(3)(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) for a year after 2014 and before 2031--the required GWh of
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emerging renewable energy source electricity for the year;
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and
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2 At the end of Division 2 of Part 4
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Add:
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40A Required GWh of emerging renewable energy source electricity
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(1)
The
required GWh of emerging renewable energy source
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electricity for a year is set out in the following table:
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Required GWh of emerging renewable energy source
electricity
Year
GWh
2015 1375
2016 2875
2017 4375
2018 5875
2019 7375
2020 8875
2021 8875
2022 8875
2023 8875
2024 8875
2025 8875
2026 8875
2027 8875
2028 8875
2029 8875
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Required GWh of emerging renewable energy source
electricity
Year
GWh
2030 8875
(2) The required GWh of emerging renewable energy source
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electricity for a year specified in subsection (1) is a component of
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the required GWh of renewable source electricity for that year
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specified in subsection 40(1).
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(3) The following table sets out the emerging technologies and their
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features that qualify as providing emerging renewable energy
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source electricity for the purposes of subsection (1):
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Type of technology
Features
Solar thermal energy or
solar concentrator energy
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Evacuated-tube collectors
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Parabolic-trough collectors
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Dish/engine systems
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Power towers
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Transpired collectors (heating)
Geothermal energy
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Flash steam power plants
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Dry steam power plants
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Binary cycle power plants
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Direct use geothermal (hot water systems)
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Geothermal heat pumps (heating)
Ocean thermal energy
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Closed cycle electricity conversion systems
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Open cycle electricity conversion systems
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Hybrid systems (a combination of closed and open
cycle systems)
Tidal energy
Wave energy conversion systems:
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Channel systems
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Float systems
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Oscillating water column systems
Biofuels
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Bioethanol
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Biodiesel
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Methane (produced by anaerobic digestion)
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Type of technology
Features
Biopower (or Biomass
power)
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Direct-fired biopower plants
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Co-firing biopower plants
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Gasification (e.g. Integrated Gasification
Combines Cycle (IGCC) coal-based power
generation)
(4) The regulations may provide for additional emerging technologies
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to be added to the table in subsection (3).
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(5) A generation unit for a technology listed in subsection (3) must be
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1 MW capacity or greater to qualify as emerging capacity capable
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of providing emerging renewable energy source electricity for the
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purposes of subsection (1).
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(6) The regulations must make provision for the inclusion of emerging
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renewable energy source electricity in relation to:
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(a) the acquisition of electricity by a liable entity;
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(b) the creation and transfer of certificates;
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(c) the calculation of the renewable power percentage for a year;
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(d) the required renewable energy of a liable entity for a year;
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(e) the surrender of certificates by a liable entity for a year;
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(f) the renewable energy certificate shortfall of a liable entity for
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a year.
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