| Labor will pledge up to $1 billion to install solar panels at thousands of schools in an ambitious scheme to create "virtual power plants" that put energy back into the electricity grid. |
| The Clean Energy Council calls on the next federal government to adopt a strong clean energy policy. |
| According to CEC, the effectiveness and long heritage of one of Australia’s most well-established technologies, hydro power, makes it a perfect partner to complement wind and solar in the country. |
| Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has put Labor behind Snowy 2.0 - the hydro-electric project green-lighted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday - but called for an increase in renewable energy to prevent the mega-project from being "a battery with no plug". |
