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"Australia’s renewable energy industry is growing at half the pace needed for
the sector to meet the Albanese government’s emissions reduction goals, despite
the sector having one of its best years, the Clean Energy Council said in its
annual report.
Last year construction commenced on a record of more than 5,000MW of
large-scale wind and solar farms. Work also started on 19 big batteries with
1,380MW/2,004MWh capacity, or almost half as large again as the previous record
year in 2021, the council said.
Households also joined in the renewables rush, with 310,000 new solar systems
with a capacity of 2,700MW added to rooftops. While down on 2021’s record of
3,300MW, the extra capacity increased the share of total renewable energy on
rooftops to 25.8%.
Renewables supplied 35.9% of Australia’s total electricity generation last
year, up from just under 17% in 2017, the report said.
While there was a “significant cause for optimism at a time when ageing fossil
fuel-based generators are retiring”, the speed of renewables’ advance needed to
double to meet the federal government’s 2030 target, said the Clean Energy
Council’s chief executive, Kane Thornton. The emissions target implies an 82%
reduction in the sector’s pollution compared with 2005 levels."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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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
