Renewable energy
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GenCost 2024-25: final report
GenCost is a leading annual economic report that estimates the cost of building new electricity generation, storage and hydrogen production in Australia to 2050. This report recognises that Australia’s future electricity system needs a mix of technologies to remain reliable, secure and flexible – with cost being just one part of the equation.
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Local Aboriginal land council powershift: sharing the benefits of the energy transition
The Aboriginal land council estate presents a significant opportunity for the New South Wales (NSW) Government to achieve its renewable energy targets. This report outlines a range of practical steps that the NSW Government could take to support land councils in bolstering renewable energy projects across various settings.
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Unlocking Australia’s clean energy potential
The 2024 Climate Change Authority Annual Progress Report made recommendations that addressed the issues of achieving renewable energy targets, maintaining system security and reliability as the share of renewables increases, connecting renewables to the grid more quickly and unlocking more generation and storage at the local level. This report provides further advice on those issues...
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States of transition: renewable energy progress across Australian jurisdictions
The renewable energy transition is well underway in Australia, but the deployment of renewable energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure needs to accelerate to keep pace with net zero requirements. This report analysed deployment progress to date, build rates and pipeline capacity across Australian jurisdictions to understand how each jurisdiction is tracking towards renewable energy...
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Battery boom: supercharging Australia’s renewable rollout
As costs rapidly fall and technologies improve, battery storage of all kinds is set to accelerate across Australia, with benefits from bill savings, further cuts to climate pollution and a more reliable grid. This report argues that with targeted policies, Australia can ramp up battery storage and make the most of this opportunity.