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"Australia will not reach net zero emissions by 2050 under the federal
Coalition’s nuclear power plan, according to a comprehensive new report that
puts the shift to 100 per cent renewables at the centre of all plausible
pathways to meet the global climate target.
In its inaugural
Sector Pathways Review, published on Thursday, the Climate
Change Authority charts a course for how Australia can decarbonise – either by
2050, in keeping with currents targets, or by 2040, if we want to limit global
warming to 1.5°C.
The 2040 scenario has Australia meeting and beating its 2030 emissions target
and reaching a reduction of 75 per cent on 2005 levels by 2035 – spurring hope
this might be the number the Albanese government settles on when it finally
delivers its promised interim target.
Under both scenarios, black and brown coal disappear entirely from the
electricity mix by 2035, while total annual generation more than doubles its
current levels, jumping from around 280 terawatt-hours in 2025 to 659TWh in
2050 on the 2°C pathway and to 767TWh on the 1.5°C pathway.
In both cases, by 2050 all of this new power comes from huge amounts of
large-scale wind, solar, backed by storage. The 1.5°C pathway sees even fossil
gas drop almost entirely out of the mix by 2040.
“Rapid decarbonisation and expansion of the electricity and energy sector is
the key to meeting Australia’s economy-wide emissions reduction targets,” the
report says.
“There is a clear and viable decarbonisation pathway for the sector that relies
on known technologies to deliver very large emissions reductions and facilitate
reductions in other sectors.”"
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
