Despite global climate concerns, Australia is witnessing positive developments in its energy sector. Electric vehicles are gaining popularity, solar energy installations are booming, and government policies are supporting the transition to a cleaner future.
As for the past decade, another year has ended with grim news that the planet had warmed faster than expected as greenhouse gases accumulated in the atmosphere. Clearly, the world is not acting fast enough on climate. But there has been good news, too, over the past year. Clean technology is being deployed faster than ever as the race to bend the emission curve downward gathers pace. So on that note, here are six good news stories about the energy transition in Australia to start off 2025.
Sixty bi-articulated vehicles have been delivered to start operations on January 28.Launceston, which is trialling electrics until 2026 . Perth has been introducing 18 of 130 new electric buses since last September after a trial in 2022, and inAdditionally, new buses in the state from July 1 will need to be emissions-free, though regional buses will be exempt.nearly 90 per cent of cars sold in 2024 were electric, predicted to overtake combustion car sales this year, 10 years earlier than predicted as recently as 2020.Australia is lagging behind those leaders. About 10 per cent of cars sold in 2024 were EVs but the introduction of the National Vehicle Emissions Standard on January 1 should accelerate the domestic transition. It will work by capping the amount of CO2 that each automotive company’s fleet can produce in a given year.new rooftop and large-scale solar has expanded by 40 gigawatts since 2015 Rooftop solar alone now has an installed capacity of 25GW, compared to just over 21GW for coal power plants . The boom has also been good for our wallets, Clean Energy Council chief Kane Thornton says. Rooftop solar saves $6 billion in power bills each year., providing discounts on the installation of solar-connected batteries with accredited installers. Discounts can range from $770 to $2400, depending on the size of the battery.will supply 70 megawatts of baseload power to BHP’s Olympic Dam min
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