The
verdict
by
the
independent
Climate
Change
Authority
(CCA)
–
which
was
expected
following
a
preliminary
decision
in
October
–
backs
the
existing
target
of
41
terawatt
hours
of
renewable
generation
by
2020.
The
decision
comes
a
relief
to
Australia’s
renewables
sector,
which
has
hailed
the
RET
as
one
of
the
world’s
most
ambitious
policies
and
responsible
for
spurring
major
demand
for
clean
power.
Opponents
of
the
RET
had
called
on
the
CCA
to
recommend
a
cut
in
the
target,
or
even
to
have
it
scrapped
altogether.
But
the
CCA
says:
“Lowering…
