Australia’s energy debate has increasingly been dominated by faux economics that overlooks the complexity of a power system where basic physics dictates supply must meet demand in real time.

The release of the Coalition’s nuclear costing reports, authored by energy market modelling experts Frontier Economics, goes a long way to addressing this. The reports introduce reality around the timing of existing coal power station closures and future demand, matching it with a nuclear power build program while effectively doubling the roll-out of large-scale renewables. In short, everything is on the table.