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"Victoria, Australia, will target the deployment of 6.3GW of renewable energy
storage by 2035, one of the most ambitious policy goals set by a state or
national government anywhere in the world.
State Premier Daniel Andrews and energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio announced the
target yesterday, describing it as a measure that will lower power prices,
create employment and enable increased uptake of renewable energy in their
state.
Offering a reaction to
Energy-Storage.news, energy economics expert Dr Bruce
Mountain of the Victoria Energy Policy Centre (VEPC) thinktank called it “an
excellent and significant step in the right direction”.
“Though the details of delivery have not yet been worked out, its establishes a
solid foundation. It signifies the Government’s recognition of the importance
of storage to the energy transition and will surely boost investor and consumer
confidence,” Mountain told
Energy-Storage.news.
It comes off the back of the Climate Change strategy introduced by the pair’s
Labor Party. That targets 50% of Victoria’s electricity coming from renewable
energy by 2030, in a state that currently relies on coal for about 60% of its
power.
The energy sector made up about 70% of Victoria’s emissions in 2019, with
transport accounting for about a quarter. Labor has set a policy target for net
zero emissions from the state by 2050 and is working towards that goal in
four-year blocks. In 2020, it exceeded its target to reduce emissions 15% – 20%
from 2005 levels, getting closer to 30%.
The government sees energy storage as critical to enabling climate, energy
security and economic goals, including large-scale battery energy storage
system (BESS) projects and distributed battery storage with rooftop solar PV at
peoples’ homes and businesses."
Via
Future Crunch Oct 7, 2022:
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
