Chief
executive
Vince
Hawksworth
cited
the
Australian
government's
2020
target
of
generating
20%
of
the
country’s
electricity
from
renewable
sources
as
the
major
driving
force
behind
both
the
building
of
stage
one
and
the
decision
to
expand.
The
news
closely
follows
Ratchaburi
Electricity’s
announcement
of
plans
to
spend
A$572m
($600m)
to
triple
its
existing
100MW
of
wind
capacity
in
Australia,
citing
good
resources
on
the
country’s
coasts
and
favourable
government
policies.
TrustPower
has
struck
a
power
purchase
agreement
(PPA)
for
the
output
of
Snowtown
II
–
located
about
160km…
