South Australia is pinning a great deal of its plan for economic transformation on the clean energy revolution. The state is already Australia's largest generator of wind power, and solar panels sit on more than one in four household roofs. The State Government wants South Australia to be carbon neutral by 2050, and one of...

Investment confidence in Australia’s renewable energy sector has significantly improved following the legislation of the revised Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) in mid- 2015, a new Prime Minister that is more supportive of renewable energy and a strong outcome at the Paris climate change conference.

The physical implications of a move towards greater renewable electricity – new generating capacity, significant investment, reduced greenhouse gas emissions – have been explored for a range of scenarios in many countries. However, employment associated with the electricity sector, and the impact of an accelerated uptake of renewables on employment in the sector, has received...

Estimates the number of jobs that would be created in by the renewable energy policies of each party as at 10 June 2016. Summary The Australia Institute has modelled the number jobs in the clean energy sector which would be created to meet the renewable energy targets proposed by political parties this election. All parties...

The Pacific is home to some of the countries most at risk from the effects of climate change. It is now also home to countries that are leading the world in reducing their fossil fuel consumption and shifting to renewable sources of electricity generation.