MEDIA ALERT: Queensland Premier to headline Renewables Stimulus Summit
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Surry Hills, N.S.W., May. 4, 2020 /Medianet/ --
MEDIA ALERT
4 May 2020
Queensland Premier to headline Renewables Stimulus Summit
The Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, will be the headline speaker at Australia’s biggest online renewable energy event on 6 May 2020.
The Stimulus Summit: A Renewables-Led Economic Recovery will bring together State and Territory energy ministers, industry and community leaders, and prominent academics to outline a roadmap for simultaneously revitalising and decarbonising Australia’s economy.
“We have to tackle the COVID-19 economic crisis and the climate crisis at the same time or we will lurch from one major problem to another,” said John Grimes, CEO of the Smart Energy Council, a peak national body for the solar, energy storage and renewable hydrogen industry.
“This is Australia’s moment to modernise and grow the economy, create hundreds of thousands of new, future-proof jobs and position Australia as a global renewable energy superpower,” said Mr Grimes.
Keynote speakers at the free online Stimulus Summit (11am-4pm on 6 May) include:
Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk;
State and Territory Energy Ministers
Bill Johnston, WA Minister for Energy
Dan van Holst Pellekaan, SA Minister for Energy
Shane Rattenbury, ACT Minister for Climate Change & Sustainability;
Lily D’Ambrosio, VIC Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Professor Ross Garnaut, Australia’s pre-eminent economist;
Innes Willox, CEO of the Australian Industry Group;
The CEOs of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Climate Council, Climate Works, Carbon Market Institute, Farmers for Climate Action and Beyond Zero Emissions; and
The CEOs of Hydro Tasmania and JET Charge and other renewables industry leaders.
More than 3,000 people have already registered for the Stimulus Summit, which the Smart Energy Council is delivering in partnership with www.reneweconomy.com.au
For interviews and additional information, contact Wayne Smith on 0417 141 812 or wayne@smartenergy.org.au
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