Energy consumption
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Report
Advice on automated and zero emissions vehicles infrastructure: evidence base report
This paper provides an overview of the evidence that Infrastructure Victoria will consider in developing its final advice to the Victorian government on the infrastructure requirements for highly automated and zero emissions vehicles in Victoria.
Discussion paper
Harming farming: the cost to agriculture from the government’s emissions reduction plan
This discussion paper argues that requiring Australia’s agricultural sector to reduce emissions by at least 26% by 2030 would impose significant costs and reduced production for the industry.
Article
Cheaper electricity and lower emissions: so near and yet so far
Amid a flurry of reports comes the information we need for real progress — and some sobering data.
Discussion paper
Watt on a hot tin roof: how rooftop solar increases reliability and reduces electricity prices
This resource outlines how rooftop solar delayed and reduced peak demand in the National Electricity Market (NEM) this summer. This improved the reliability of the grid, covering for coal-fired power plants during breakdowns.
Article
Policy overload: why the ACCC says household solar subsidies should be abolished
Australia's consumer watchdog has concluded that rooftop solar incentives have distorted the market unfairly for those who cannot afford solar panels, and has recommended the scheme ends ten years early.