Renewable energy
Discussion paper
The company you keep: how the Business Council of Australia trails behind its member companies on climate
The number of big businesses already moving towards 100% renewables and emissions reduction targets directly contradict Business Council of Australia claims that a 45% target would be “economy wrecking”, according to this research from The Australia Institute.
Report
Switched on! Achieving a green, affordable and reliable energy future
New Zealand’s electricity is secure and affordable. Renewable energy has flourished in a system that for more than 30 years has operated at arm’s length from elected governments – until now. This report outlines what New Zealand should do – and what it must avoid – to transition to a renewable energy future.
Report
National Energy Emissions Audit: electricity update - March 2019
Welcome to the March 2019 issue of the NEEA Electricity Update, with data updated to the end of February 2019. The Electricity Update presents data on electricity demand, electricity supply, and electricity generation emissions in the National Electricity Market (NEM), plus electricity demand in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS). In this issue we also...
Working paper
Ensuring Indigenous benefit from large-scale renewable energy projects: drawing on experience from extractive industry agreement making
In the coming decades, Australia is set to see a dramatic expansion in renewable energy projects. It is likely that many of these will occur on land subject to Indigenous rights and interests. This paper looks to extractive industry experience in negotiating access and benefit sharing agreements with traditional owners to identify best practice to...
Report
Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: solutions to integrate variable renewables
This report maps and categorises examples of the innovations being developed and implemented globally to facilitate the large-scale integration of variable renewable power.