No quick fix for Australia's future energy challenge

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06 February 2012This report sets out the findings of the technology assessments and reviews the implications for government policy in terms of developing and deploying low emissions electricity technology.

An accompanying publication: No easy choices: which way to Australia's energy future – Technology Analysis, available on the Grattan Institute, website, assesses each of the seven low emissions technologies in detail. It also includes a review of the barriers that the transmission network can pose to large-scale deployment of low-emissions energy technologies. The grid is a special case, being monopoly infrastructure and essential to electricity supply.

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CoverageAustralia, Worldwide
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