Mr Judd maintained it was still early days for his project and that the company was yet to feel the full brunt of investment backlash from any decision on the RET. 'Tens of thousands of people, their jobs, their livelihoods would be in a dire position as a consequence.'

'We're having significant impact on emissions, we're driving down wholesale prices, we're creating significant jobs in the order of tens of thousands of people, and investment to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in this sector,' Mr Judd said. Mr Judd said the industry had grown to such a level that changes in Government policy would hit working Australians.

'To have all that data in their hand and still be of a view that this target needs to be touched is a very surprising and quite frankly mind boggling position to take, because there is no one out there that's looking for this target to be adjusted in any way.' 'When we look at the submissions to the Renewable Energy Review panel, there were some 24,000 submissions and over 99 per cent of those were in favour of the Renewable Energy Target,' he said. Tens of thousands of people, their jobs, their livelihoods would be in a dire position as a consequence. He went on to say that that review had in fact found the higher the renewable energy target, the lower the cost of power would be to consumers in the future. Mr Judd said the Federal Government's review into the efficacy of the target found there was little to no impact on price as a consequence of the RET. 'It does put a big cloud over the project, but we are of the view that sense will prevail, the data will be acknowledged and recognised, and the interests of the people will be respected and the RET will be untouched,' Mr Judd said. The firm's managing director Chris Judd said scrapping or reducing the RET would have a significant affect on the project. Senvion Australia's proposed $1.5 billion wind farm near Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula was given State Government development approval in February this year. The Abbott Government announced a review of the scheme in February this year, which has thrown the future of the renewable energy sector into doubt with fears the scheme may be reduced or scrapped. Changes to the Renewable Energy Target (RET) would cast a shadow of doubt over the future of Australia's largest wind farm development, the company behind the project has said.

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