Greater uptake of electric appliances and vehicles is needed to ensure Australia hits its climate target,but households need financial support to do it.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen was invited to speak at a conference,but opposition spokesman Ted O’Brien claims he was blocked from speaking. Here is what he wanted to say.
The share of wind,solar and hydropower in the electricity grid needs to more than double by 2030 for the nation to reach its net zero goal,modelling suggests.
The opposition leader says power prices have increased by $1000 under the Albanese government. But Labor says those claims don’t stack up.
Nearly one in 10 cars sold in Australia in the 12 months to the end of April was an electric vehicle. But Australia still has a long way to go to catch up to the global market.
Opposition threats to scrap Australia’s 2030 emissions target and talk up nuclear power have rattled major players behind renewables projects,according to the federal energy minister.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen will say Australians can choose “reliable renewables or risky reactors – but not both”.
Renewable energy,storage and transmission lines will get Australia most of the way to banishing coal from the grid. But not the whole way,officials warn.
Many new gas power plants will be needed to back up renewables,despite warnings that gas supplies are running out on the East Coast.
Matt Kean’s appointment to head the Climate Change Authority has outraged federal Liberals and Nationals,who believe one of their own has joined the enemy.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Kean,who was also an energy minister for the state’s former Coalition government,was uniquely qualified to lead the independent authority.