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Offshore wind “absolutely needed” and electrification efforts must defy “vested interests,” D’Ambrosio says
Victoria’s former energy minister talks gas bans and coal closures – and says that without offshore wind in the state’s mix, there will need to be “a hell of a lot more onshore.”
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