Australia needs a carbon price of at least A$45 a tonne to trigger large-scale investment in cleaner coal technologies, according to Ralph Hillman, head of the Australian Coal Association.
A federal Labor government would use the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme to ensure at least 20% of Australia's electricity is generated from renewable sources by 2020, Labor announced today. It would then want MRET phased out from 2020.
A re-elected Coalition government would spend $75 million over the next 12 months to support emerging renewable energy technologies, Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced today.
A Rudd Labor government would provide green loans to householders and insulation rebates to owners of rental properties, under the ALP's ‘Solar Schools – Solar Homes’ policy released today.
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There would be net economic benefits from supporting emissions trading with a low to medium level clean energy target, says economic modelling commissioned by the Renewable Energy Generators of Australia (REGA).
Australia’s greenhouse emissions could be cut to 23% below 2004 levels by 2050 by building 11 nuclear power plants, through energy efficiency measures and by massively boosting the use of renewables, government research agency ABARE says.