Upskill Australians: a new energy system will need skilled workers. To encourage greater investment the federal government should set a mandatory Renewable Energy Storage target, with specific goals for additional storage each year to 2030.ģ. Boost storage: to support grid security, we’ll need lots of electricity storage – think grid-scale batteries and pumped-hydro. The total length of transmission will need to be about 24 times what it is now.Ģ. To connect renewables to the grid, we need new transmission lines, and lots of them. Enable transmission infrastructure: the federal government has promised A$20 billion for transmission infrastructure. We must also increase overall power generation by around 40% this decade to make steep inroads into electrifying other sectors of the economy.ġ. Our analysis suggests Australia should aim to achieve 100% renewables by 2030. Renewables are not just a clean form of energy – they are also the cheapest form of new energy. Today, 59% of our electricity comes from coal-fired power plants. The federal government has passed its climate bill – now the real work begins. Lukas Coch/AAP 100% renewables by 2030Īustralia’s energy grid is responsible for 33% of our national emissions. It sets out key goals Australia should be chasing this decade, and ten climate policy “game-changers” to help get us there. But how will Australia go beyond a 43% cut to emissions? And what policies should the government implement and fund first?Ī roadmap released today by the Climate Council charts the way forward.
When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese informed the United Nations of Australia’s new target, he wrote of his government’s aspiration for “even greater emission reductions in the coming decade”. While this brings Australia closer to the international consensus, we should be aiming to go much further, much faster. The law set a national target to cut emissions by 43% this decade, based on 2005 levels. Over the next eight years to 2030, we must get on a steep trajectory of emissions reductions. Written by Wesley Morgan, Climate Council Senior ResearcherĪustralia last week moved to tackle the climate crisis when the Federal Parliament passed Labor’s climate bill. This article was originally published by The Conversation.
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