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"For all involved, it felt like Queensland’s transition away from coal-fired
power was happening at speeds never seen before.
It was 2024, and the rubber was hitting the road hard on the Labor government’s
plans to get the power grid almost entirely off coal by 2035.
Seven solar and windfarms, and seven energy storage projects – totalling 3,202
megawatts, roughly four medium-sized coal power stations’ worth of electricity
capacity – had been committed to, according to the national Clean Energy
Council’s data. It was a record year.
But that October the Liberal National party led by David Crisafulli won
government, bringing a sharply different approach to energy in Australia’s
highest-emitting state.
“There’s been a bit of whiplash,” the chief executive of the Queensland
Renewable Energy Council, Katie-Anne Mulder, says with only a hint of
understatement."
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
