This report provides a roadmap to assure Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as an option for achieving emissions reductions in a timely manner in Australia. It is intended for policy-makers associated with energy, emissions-intensive industry and trade sectors in state and federal government departments across Australia.

Overview The Prime Minister made reference to the potential role of ultra-supercritical coal and carbon capture and storage in his address at the National Press Club on Tuesday. This analysis, and others by energy experts and business groups, shows there is no economic reason to invest in this technology. New coal power stations are too...

The 2016 NGFR provides insights into the increasingly complex interdependencies between the gas and electricity sectors and the relationship between Australia’s energy demand and growing links to the international gas sector. The gas forecasts continue to be dominated by gas demand to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, with Australia (including east and west coast...

This report has been publicly released following a two year work program involving hundreds of stakeholders, an evidence base of 19 expert reports and unprecedented analysis of energy system outcomes to 2050. The report identifies integrated measures which can achieve a positive energy future for Australian energy customers enabling choice, lower emissions, lower costs and...

On 13 October 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and interim report by 28 November 2016 and final report by 1 February 2017: