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Cr Woodhouse said.</p> <p>&ldquo;Feeding the transmission line with renewable energy ticks all the boxes.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;It will help to meet the Federal Government&rsquo;s target of 20 per cent renewable energy generation by 2020.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;It will also go a long way towards helping the Queensland Government meeting its carbon reduction scheme and the transmission infrastructure built to service the mining industry will mean a whole new renewable energy generation industry becomes viable.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;There is no denying carbon is a now a real factor on any industry&rsquo;s balance sheet.&rdquo;</p> <p>A transmission line would bring a grid connection to a string of sites suitable for large scale solar, wind and geothermal generation.&nbsp; With the certainty of a grid connection, by 2015/16, there is potential for up to 900 MW of installed renewable capacity.</p> <p>The BIS Shrapnel report estimates that the clean energy corridor could provide an annual output in excess of 3,750GWh, or 8% of the Federal Government&rsquo;s renewable energy target, by 2015/16.</p> <p>&nbsp;&ldquo;By 2020, this figure could be potentially as high as 20% of the total Australian target,&rdquo; Townsville Mayor Les Tyrell said.</p> <p>&ldquo;The region faces a bit of a chicken and egg challenge. The renewable energy generators need a transmission link in order to invest in these 21st century clean energy projects, yet the decision on whether to build a link must be taken this year.&rdquo;</p> <p>Townsville Enterprise General Manager for Economic Development Dr Lisa McDonald said the challenge for Government is to provide enough funding to secure a transmission solution so that renewable energy could flourish in our region.</p> <p>&ldquo;There are also economic benefits for the communities which dot the path the transmission line would follow,&rdquo; Dr McDonald said</p> <p>&ldquo;The clean energy proposal provides a once in a lifetime opportunity for investment in these communities.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;This will not only benefit the North West, but it will also create a significant incentive for power generation on the north Coast&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need a 1920s fix for power need in the mineral province &ndash; we need the 21st Century solution that&rsquo;s available.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>For more information contact: </strong></p> <p>Brett Judge<br> Corporate Communications Executive<br> Townsville Enterprise Limited<br> Email: <a href="mailto:brett.judge@tel.com.au">brett.judge@tel.com.au</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> Corporate Website: <a href="http://www.townsvilleonline.com.au">www.townsvilleonline.com.au</a> <br> Holiday Website: <a href="http://www.townsvilleholidays.info">www.townsvilleholidays.info</a> <br> Mobile: 0434 182 765<br> Phone: 07 4726 2753 &nbsp;&nbsp; Fax: 07 4726 2700</p> <P> <!-- contents end --> </P> <P>&nbsp;</P></td> </tr> </table> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=12 background="../images/main/nav_bg.jpg" > <IMG SRC="../images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=967 HEIGHT=14 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=12> <IMG SRC="../images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=967 HEIGHT=26 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=28 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=18 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=87 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=82 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=46 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=94 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=157 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=106 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=51 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=92 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=72 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=18 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../images/main/spacer.gif" WIDTH=29 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </tr> </table> <!-- End ImageReady Slices --> </BODY> </HTML>