THE state that sold itself as the heartland of sustainability has been exposed as falling hopelessly behind its own renewable energy targets for most of the past decade.
Victoria's renewable energy record was savaged yesterday by the state's auditor-general, who also highlighted how the former Labor government had failed to perform basic checks on key projects.
Auditor-General Des Pearson found renewable energy generation as a percentage of power consumption had increased from 3.6 per cent to just 3.9 per cent over seven years. This compared with a target rate, set in 2002, of 10 per cent by 2010.
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