Aussies Can Get 50% New Energy By 2030

Australia’s energy market: New report backs Labor’s 50 per cent renewable target; MALCOLM Turnbull’s description of a 50 per cent ¬renewables target as a ‘road to ruin’ has been contradicted by Australia’s chief scientist.

November 20, 2017 (News.Co.Au)

“…[Australia’s Labor Party plan to get to 50% New Energy by 2030] will not lead to major blackouts despite the government’s claims that the ‘huge renewable target’ is irresponsible…[and] electricity costs will continue to rise and electricity supply will become less reliable unless there is proper planning and investment in energy storage…[The Role of Energy Storage in Australia’s Future Energy Supply Mix from] the Australian Council of Learned Academies, shows batteries in households with rooftop solar power would be enough to secure Australia’s entire energy reliability requirement by 2030…It also shows Australia would only see major power reliability issues, and would require massive investments in storage capacity to head them off, if the amount of renewables in the market rose to 75 per cent…[The study concluded that] a major challenge would be to change consumer attitudes about batteries for home energy storage…” click here for more

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