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Australia may be heading for a dirty energy target | Image : Pavlofox<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The Clean Energy Target (CET) appears to be at risk of becoming somewhat of a Coal Energy Target – and the CEC has expressed serious concern.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the ABC and other news services reported the Federal Government is perhaps doing a little more than just tinkering at the edges of the Clean Energy Target (CET) recommended in the Finkel Review<\/a>, the only one out of 50 recommendations the government is yet to accept.<\/p>\n

“The re-shaped CET would come under a new name, with a revised target below that recommended by Dr Finkel. It would allow for high efficiency, low emissions coal-fired power stations to access subsidies,” stated the ABC<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Among the issues with so-called high-efficiency, low emissions (HELE) coal plants is they aren’t much lower in CO2 emissions<\/a>, only marginally reduce other toxic emissions and are horribly expensive.<\/p>\n

The former chief executive of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Oliver Yates, said the rumoured plan was almost the inverse of what Dr. Finkel recommended, calling it a “dirty energy target.”<\/p>\n

Back in June, the Prime Minister said the CET had a lot of merit<\/a> and seemed generally quite upbeat about it.<\/p>\n

However, News.com.au reported yesterday some MPs were ready to cross the floor<\/a> if Prime Minister Turnbull proceeds with current version of CET. It probably won’t come as any surprise that ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott appears to be one of the key players sowing or stoking dissension among the ranks.<\/p>\n

Mr. Abbott stated some years ago that coal was good for humanity<\/a>, but many would beg to differ. A recent report from EJA called it “toxic and terminal<\/a>“. In May, Oxfam said continuing to pursue coal will reinforce poverty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the interesting\/curious\/perplexing things about all this is the little black rock still plays a substantial role in the unadulterated CET – reportedly more so than under business as usual (for a while anyway); giving plenty of time for transition. But it’s a transition that some fossil fuel interests simply don’t want in any form.<\/p>\n

The Clean Energy Council says it would be foolhardy for the Government to step away from the CET as recommended as it was a critical part Dr Finkel’s suggested reforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Clean Energy Target (CET) was recommended by the Finkel Review as a crucial part of a considered roadmap towards ensuring a clean, affordable and reliable energy system for Australia, and walking away from that policy would be a clear step in the wrong direction,\u201d said CEC Chief Executive Kane Thornton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Using the example of the nearly-knackered Liddell Power Station<\/a>, currently the focus of much bickering<\/a> and some recent shirt-fronting, Mr. Thornton said there were a range of solutions to replace coal; including large-scale wind and solar combined with storage. Demand-side solutions included rooftop solar power<\/a> and batteries<\/a> – such as our very own PM has installed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese solutions are here now and commercially feasible. Substantial cost reductions this decade show these solutions can be delivered to Australian power consumers while minimising costs,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Thornton warned policy-on-the-fly and regulatory flip-flopping spooks investors and only leads to under- investment in new generation – and it was this that was partly responsible for driving energy price increases<\/a>; not renewables. This conclusion isn’t wishful thinking on the CEC’s part as a common theme stated by electricity retailers for price hikes in July was an uncertain policy environment.<\/p>\n

SolarCitizens has launched a petition<\/a> concerning the “dirty energy target” reports, urging the Turnbull Government to “stop with the go-nowhere politics, get out of the party room and get on with the job of locking in a sunny, renewable-powered future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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