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GreenPower is renewable energy sourced from the sun, the wind,
water and waste that is purchased by your energy company on your behalf.
Companies generate electricity at a range of sites across Australia
and supply the electricity to a central power grid. Our homes and businesses
are connected to this grid so we can access electricity.
Traditionally, electricity on the central grid comes from generators
that burn coal. Only a small amount (about eight per cent) comes from
renewable sources such as sun, wind, water and biomass waste.
Energy suppliers who sell accredited GreenPower products buy electricity
generated from accredited renewable energy generators on your behalf and
feed it into the National Electricity Grid. In Western Australia, the
same applies to the South West Interconnected System.
Only renewable energy products that display the GreenPower ‘tick’
are government accredited.
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GreenPower, Accredited Renewable Energy Website
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