Reckless or reasonable? Factchecking the claims of anti-renewable activists
The Guardian, Other, 08/02/2024, Sarah Basford Canales and Graham Readfearn
Community groups, activists and politicians rallied on the lawns of Parliament House on Tuesday in opposition to the federal government’s plan for the energy grid to run on 82% renewable energy by 2030. […] The CSIRO has found solar and wind are projected to be among the cheapest forms of power by 2030.Photograph: Charlie Rogers/Getty Images Dr Dylan McConnell, an energy systems expert at UNSW, says focusing on the reliability of a single generating technology is “missing the point”.