Energy resources
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Gas vision 2050
Australia’s peak gas industry bodies have released their vision for the future of gas in the Australian community. Gas is essential to our economy and modern lifestyles. In the future, gas will continue to be essential as Australia makes the transformation to a cleaner energy future. Gas provides nearly a quarter of Australia’s total energy...
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'Old energy interests' and politics hit energy transition: Garnaut
Over the past decade, one of the most difficult and fractured policy areas has been climate change, energy security and power prices. Just before the 2007 election, former Liberal Prime John Howard belatedly embraced a price on carbon and emissions trading and in 2009 Malcolm Turnbull also supported emissions trading. That was before he was...
Journal article
The role of trials and demonstration projects in the development of a sustainable bioeconomy
Creating a sustainable bioeconomy—which takes advantage of unused or underexploited bio-resources, turns them into replacements for fossil-based fuel, energy, and products and contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the protection of local environments—is a truly monumental task. It depends on companies entering into an uncertain field where they do not know if...
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Electricity and gas in Victoria
This research paper provides an examination of Victorian electricity and gas energy sources, markets and current issues facing consumers, participants, regulators and governments.
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NSW renewable energy action plan: annual report 2016
This report states that, in the third year of the NSW Renewable Energy Action Plan, 17 of the 24 actions have been completed while seven more have been progressed. Key achievements in 2015–16 Goal 1: Attract renewable energy investment The operational electricity use of the state’s signature infrastructure project Sydney Metro Northwest will be fully...