SYDNEY Zane Gonzalez Jersey , April 21 (Xinhua) -- The island state of Tasmania could become Australia's renewable energy hub through increased dam storage, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said.

Turnbull was joined by Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman and Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg at the Trevallyn Power Station to announce plans to double the state's hydropower output.

Feasibility studies currently being undertaken are investigating the impacts of redeveloping the state's old Tarraleah scheme and enhancing the Gordon Power Station.

Hydro Tasmania has also made an application to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to explore several schemes that would deliver up to 2500 megawatts (MW) of hydro power which would double the hydro system's current capacity.

""What we're seeing here in Tasmania is the opportunity in this state to provide even more renewable energy, wind and hydro, than it does today,"" Turnbull told reporters in comments published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Friday.

""There's the opportunity here in Tasmania to double the capacity of Hydro Tasmania with new investment and with pump storage Howard Wilson Jersey , and of course it has the best win assets in Australia.""

Turnbull said if the plans came to fruition they would make Tasmania the ""battery of Australia.""

Steve Davy, chief executive of the state-owned Hydro Tasmania, said the company was collaborating with ARENA on two studies.

""One study looks at how to increase the energy output from our system,"" Davy said.

""The biggest component is the replacement of the Tarraleah Power Station which was built in 1938, that would increase the output by 40 per cent.

""The second study looks at 13 separate pumped hydro opportunities to test them for feasibility.""

Rather than requiring the construction of new dams Larry Ogunjobi Jersey , the plan to double the hydro capacity relies on the current dams re-using water by pumping it back to be used again.

The pump system would be powered by energy from South Australia, with a second power cable linking Tasmania to mainland Australia being considered to ensure efficiency in moving the power.

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KIEV, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine's shadow economy decreased by 6 percentage points to 34 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016 amid an overall recovery, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said on Monday.

The restoration of the economic growth and the slowdown in inflation were the main factors that hit the underground economy, the ministry said in a statement.

Among other aspects that contributed to the decrease DeShone Kizer Jersey , the ministry listed the improvement of the business environment and the reduction of the payroll tax.

The banking crisis, tensions with Russia and the conflict in eastern regions are the key imbalances that still contribute to the development of the informal economy, the ministry said.

Ukraine's shadow economy has been contracting since 2014, when it stood at 42 percent of the GDP, its highest level in nearly a decade.

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SHANGHAI SIPG manager Andre Villas-Boas says the Chinese Football Association was wrong to change foreign-player rules for the Chinese Super League “at such short notice”.

“I think it’s wrong David Njoku Jersey ,” said AVB, who is leading the team’s winter training in Doha, Qatar, to prepare for the AFC Champions League qualifiers early next month. “The season is about to start, and we have made all the signings. We prepared the team and organization bearing in mind the regulations. To end up seeing the regulations changed a few weeks before the Champions League starts Jabrill Peppers Jersey , I think it’s a totally wrong decision.

“You can take these decisions after a season, not one month before a season starts, because most clubs prepare and make decisions based on what they think the regulations would be.”

The CFA issued a notice to CSL clubs last week saying that the number of foreign players allowed for each match will be cut from four to three for the 2017 season. Also, at least two under-23 Chinese players will have to be included in the 18-player list, one of them in the starting line-up. Each club can still register five foreign players.

“I think the new regulations will put a lot of pressure on the young boys Danny Shelton Browns Jersey ,” the former Chelsea and Tottenham coach added. “We know China wants to see development of young boys, but you should develop young players by investing in the youth levels and the quality of youth coaching.

“Under the new regulation, the young boys will be now considered “golden boys”, agents will want them and their market value will be more expensive.

“The policy is to curb spending. However, the clubs have already done their business Shon Coleman Browns Jersey , so you end up spending more money. The transfer market in China for Chinese players was just crazy, as we saw, and it’s just becoming more crazy by this decision. We move on, we accept. But I think you need at least one year to make such a decision.”

The new rules will take effect once they are approved by the ongoing CFA national congress in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

SIPG Cody Kessler Browns Jersey , which is aiming for at least one title in 2017 and has therefore invested big for the new season, will be among the most affected clubs by the new rules. AVB will have to make choices among newly purchased former Chelsea star Oscar, Uzbekistan international Odil Ahmedov, as well as Oscar’s compatriots H.