1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auraejohnstonhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/raejohnston/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iMqeBwgNsZ"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/new-south-wales-is-coming-last-in-the-renewable-energy-race/">New South Wales Is Coming Last In The Renewable Energy Race</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/new-south-wales-is-coming-last-in-the-renewable-energy-race/embed/#?secret=iMqeBwgNsZ" width="600" height="338" title="“New South Wales Is Coming Last In The Renewable Energy Race” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="iMqeBwgNsZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Just 6 per cent of New South Wales is using renewable electricity. By contrast, Tasmania is on 95 per cent (but with good reason) and fellow mainlander South Australia is sitting at 40 per cent. And with just $1.4m set aside in the budget to foster the renewable energy sector, the New South Wales doesn’t […]