It is inevitable that Australia will undergo an unprecedented switch to clean energy over the next few decades. No other conclusion can be drawn from the scientific assessments of Australia’s, and the world’s, premier scientific institutions that countries like Australia will need to reduce emissions by 60-90% by 2050. To avoid dangerous climate change impacts...

In March 2007, The Australian newspaper carried several stories that suggested there had been a dramatic reversal of attitudes towards nuclear power in Australia and that more people now supported nuclear power than opposed it. However, The Australian compared the results of two different survey questions, and any conclusions are therefore invalid. To test the...

ESAA observed in early 2005 that many of the public statements being made by a wide variety of opinion shapers and decision makers were without the benefit of informed, expert and fact-based analysis of the outlook for greenhouse emissions from the stationary energy sector and the cost that was likely to be involved in reducing...

Currently the Government is undertaking a feasibility study into the possibility of establishing a nuclear power industry in Australia. Among the concerns raised about the development of a nuclear power industry in Australia is the amount of water consumed by nuclear power plants compared with other power stations. Nuclear power plants need more cooling water...

This report commissioned for the National Emissions Trading Taskforce describes the impacts of the emissions trading scheme on the electricity market. In this report we describe the impacts of the emissions trading scheme on the electricity market. Section 2 of the report describes the methodology and the assumptions used to estimate the impacts on the...