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Australia’s Investment in Renewable Energy
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Renewable Energy Policy and Measures
• The National Greenhouse Strategy (NGS) (1998)
– The Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (2001).
• Measures for a Better Environment (2000).
• Energy White Paper, Securing Australia’s Energy Future (2004).
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Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET)
• A mandatory increase in the contribution of renewable energy to
national electricity supplies.
• The target involves reaching 9,500 GWh by 2010, which will be
maintained until 2020.
• Aims to increase the competitiveness of renewable energy against
traditional energy sources.
• Information on MRET is available at
www.greenhouse.gov.au/markets/mret and www.orer.gov.au
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Australian Government Programs for Renewable Energy
• Almost $1 billion committed to greenhouse gas mitigation since 1997.
• Including over $300 million in industry assistance programs:
Renewable energy for remote power generation – over
$200 million
Solar power on residential and community buildings –
$51.8 million
Equity funding – venture capital for innovation –
$26.5 million
R&D and industry development activities - $55.6 million
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Energy White Paper Measures
• $500 million Low Emission Technology Demonstration Fund
• $75 million Solar Cities trial
• $100 million Renewable Energy Development Initiative
• $20 million Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies initiative
• Up to $14 million to develop an advanced Wind Forecasting Capability
• Identify barriers to renewables in the National Electricity Market
• Information on the Energy White Paper, Securing Australia’s Energy
Future, is available at www.dpmc.gov.au/publications/energy_future/
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Renewable Energy Action Agenda
• Industry and government worked together to develop a
Renewable Energy Action Agenda.
• Significant progress has been made in the first four
years by Government and industry to implement
initiatives.
• Aim is $4 billion in annual sales by 2010.
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Hydroelectricity
• Approximately 7,500MW
hydroelectric generating capacity
and significant design, construction
and operation experience.
• Mini-Hydro experience, domestic
and international.
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Solar Energy
Australia has been producing solar energy technology since the1950’s
•Photovoltaics (PV)The University of New South Wales - Single Crystal PV Cell The Australian National University/Origin Energy – Sliver Cell
•Solar Hot WaterSolahart, Beasley and Edwards
•Solar ThermalSolar Heat and Power developed Compact Linear Fresnel Reflectors (CLFR) – using solar energy for low cost heating.Complements fossil fuel power plants by heating feed-water into coal-fired generation process.
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Solar concentration systems
• Solar Systems Pty Ltd has constructed an award winning power
station that concentrates solar energy for conversion to electricity for
use in the central Australia.
• The CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre is developing the only
multi-collector facility of its type in Australia, and the largest high-
concentration solar array in the southern hemisphere.
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Geothermal Energy
• Australian companies are
experienced in managing
hydrothermal resources.
• Geodynamics Limited was
successfully floated, supported by
Government, to develop hot dry
rock pilot projects in South
Australia and NSW.
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Bioenergy Bagasse Cogeneration
• Bagasse is used as a boiler feedstock
for cogeneration in several sugar
mills.
• Stanwell Corporation’s 30 MW Rocky
Point plant generates more than
180 GWh of green energy.
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• Developed world leading UR-3R
processing technology for
municipal solid waste.
• Pilot UR-3R project at Eastern
Creek, NSW.
• Preferred bidder to design, build,
own and operate the Lancashire
Waste Partnership private finance
initiative project.
Waste to EnergyGlobal Renewables
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Waste to Energy: Energy Developments Limited
• World leader in landfill
gas power generation.
• Over 35 projects in
Australia, Europe, Asia
and the US.
• 97MW coal seam
methane project in NSW.
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Wind Turbines
• Australian companies are world leading
manufacturers of small-scale wind turbines.
• These smaller turbines are often used in
conjunction with a small diesel generator and
a battery bank as part of a remote area power
supply system.
• A number of companies are now experienced
in identifying, constructing & operating large
scale wind farms.
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Remote Area Power Supply (RAPS)
• Australian suppliers of
integration technologies
are the best in the world.
• We develop systems
capable of operating in
Antarctic, tropical and
desert conditions.
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Training and Accreditation
• Australia has expertise (both locally and internationally) in
renewable energy training program design, implementation
and accreditation.
• ResLab (at the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy,
Murdoch University) specialises in testing renewable energy
technologies.
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Biofuels in Australia
• Biofuels with commercial prospects in Australia are
ethanol and biodiesel.
• The Australian Government has put in place a number
of initiatives that aim to boost the development of a
commercially viable domestic biofuels industry by
addressing market barriers to the production and use
of biofuels.
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Ethanol• Currently 3 producers including: Manildra, CSR and Rocky Point
• In 2004-05, Australian production was 23 ML but capacity is around 75
ML
• 3 projects funded under Biofuels Capital Grants Program
• Potential Future Ethanol Projects :
– Ethanol production capacity will rise to approximately 210 ML
once all Biofuels Capital Grants Program projects come online
– A further 780 ML could potentially come online in proposed plants
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Biodiesel• Two small producers
• Current production capacity around 16 ML
• 4 projects funded under Biofuels Capital Grants Program
(3 greenfield, 1 expansion)
• Potential future biodiesel projects
– Production capacity is likely to be around 105 ML by mid-2006
– Biofuels Capital Grants Program and other potential projects
could bring production capacity up to over 500 ML by 2006-07
– Proposed projects are in QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, WA and NT
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Australian Government Alternative Fuels Policy
• These initiatives include:
– A target that biofuels contribute 350 ML to Australia’s
transport fuel supply by 2010
– A capital grants program to encourage investment in new
or expanded biofuels capacity
– Fifty percent discounted excise rate from 2015
– Two Ethanol Industry Roundtables with ethanol
proponents and fuel retailers
– The Prime Minister’s Biofuels Taskforce
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Australian Government Alternative Fuels Policy (cont.)• In response to the report of the Biofuels Taskforce, the Government
announced additional measures to help address market barriers and
restore consumer confidence including:
– Working with oil majors to develop Industry Action Plans;
– Encouraging E10 use in Commonwealth vehicles;
– Promoting biodiesel through a B5 trial in Kakadu National Park; and
– Further work on vehicle testing and fuel standards.
• The Prime Minister met with oil company representatives in
September 2005 to discuss the Government’s biofuel target.