Converting Australia’s huge coal-fired electricity plants to gas would make more sense than trying to keep them going, and could help Australia’s faltering energy transition.
It is 10 months since the federal Labor government legislated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
The key plank underpinning these targets is 82 per cent renewables in the electricity grid by 2030. Experts and industry leaders have confirmed the government’s 82 per cent target will almost certainly not be achieved.
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Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO is Executive Chairman at Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd and a former advisor to four prime ministers. He is also a former national president of the Australian Labor Party and a former candidate for the Liberal Party.
