Emission Control: Australia’s most coal dependant state now halfway to achieving 2030 renewable energy target
Stockhead, Other, 13/08/2023, Jessica Cummins and Bevis Yeo
Energy Queensland may historically be Australia’s biggest coal producer, but the Palaszczuk Government has wasted no time in bucking the trend as the state inches closer to beating its own renewable-generated target of 50% by 2030. […] De Brenni is convinced once renewables dominate the wholesale electricity market, Australia will see long term reductions in wholesale power prices, with the CSIRO’s most recent GenCost Report reaffirming that renewables are the cheapest form of energy.