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Published: 29 August 2016 29 August 2016

If a country's goal is to decrease carbon emissions by increasing reliance on renewable energy, it only makes sense to install the new equipment in the location with the best potential'both in geography and government.

For Australia, which has a national Renewable Energy Target (RET) of 33,000 gigawatt hours of electricity generated by defined renewable sources by 2020, South Australia (SA) is that place. According to SA Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis, who is also the Energy Minister, the federal government had determined that SA is where "the best conditions for wind farms" could be found. The state government was amenable, with SA Premier Jay Wetherill promising to make Adelaide, its capitol city, "the first G