Sydney Morning Herald: The Liddell coal-fired power station near Singleton: The shift away from coal for power and towards renewables such as wind may be reversed if the carbon tax is axed. Photo: Nick Moir
Wind energy`s share of Australia`s main electricity market jumped to a record last month, helping to curb emissions from the power sector even as hydro output shrank, according to energy consultancy Pitt & Sherry.
Wind farms, derided last week by Treasurer Joe Hockey as "utterly offensive" blights on the landscape,...