{"id":51593,"date":"2021-06-29T07:15:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=51593"},"modified":"2024-10-02T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:28:30","slug":"victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorians Encouraged To Have Their Say On Reducing Gas Reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions.jpg\" alt=\"Gas Substitution Roadmap - Victoriap\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s Andrews Government is inviting the community, industry and business to provide their feedback on ways to reduce dependence on fossil fuel (aka &#8220;natural&#8221;) gas.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Gas accounts for around 16% of the state&#8217;s emissions. More than 2 million Victorian households and businesses use gas, the state has 8 active gas-fired power stations and the fuel is used extensively by industry. In April last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-emissions-mb1574\/\">gas consumption was higher<\/a> than in any of the preceding ten years as a result of increased working and schooling from home due to the COVID-19 situation.<\/p>\n<p>The State Government is looking at strategies to reduce household and other fossil fuel gas use<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/#en-51593-1' id='enref-51593-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(51593)'>1<\/a><\/sup> as it pursues a target of halving emissions by 2030. As part of this, a Gas Substitution Roadmap consultation paper was launched on Saturday by Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D&#8217;Ambrosio.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is an opportunity for Victorians to have a say on how we transition from natural gas to more renewable energy sources,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premier.vic.gov.au\/have-your-say-victorias-gas-substitution-roadmap\">said<\/a> Minister D&#8217;Ambrosio. &#8220;We want to hear from everyone \u2013 from the smallest Victorian household to our largest industrial players.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Decarbonisation Pathways<\/h2>\n<p>Among the decarbonisation pathways noted in the consultation paper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving energy efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Electrification<\/li>\n<li>Substituting natural gas with hydrogen<\/li>\n<li>Substituting natural gas with biogas<\/li>\n<li>Emerging technologies<\/li>\n<li>Addressing fugitive emissions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Energy efficiency is often a low-hanging fruit. But given the ongoing strong uptake of solar power among the state&#8217;s households and businesses &#8211; thanks in part to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/victorian-solar-rebate.html\">Victorian solar rebate<\/a> &#8211; the growth in large scale solar energy and other renewables, electrification seems pretty attractive as a parallel action if backed by a suitable amount of storage.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/heat-pump\/\">heat pumps<\/a> &#8211; both reverse-cycle air conditioners and water heaters<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/#en-51593-2' id='enref-51593-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(51593)'>2<\/a><\/sup> &#8211; are more energy efficient than their gas counterparts, as are induction cooktops<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/#en-51593-3' id='enref-51593-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(51593)'>3<\/a><\/sup> compared to gas cooktops. Electrical appliances are particularly cost-effective for solar households.<\/p>\n<p>Still, such a move would require some very careful planning &#8211; this will be a key consideration in the Roadmap &#8211; and getting off gas doesn&#8217;t have to be an either\/or situation. It could be an &#8220;all of the above&#8221; scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Accelerating a switch from household gas to electricity only to create a situation extending the burning of coal<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/#en-51593-4' id='enref-51593-4' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(51593)'>4<\/a><\/sup> (or gas) for power generation wouldn&#8217;t be a fantastic outcome. Other pathways may also contain some risk &#8211; for example, allowing the use of Victoria&#8217;s filthy brown coal (or gas) in the production of hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>After this consultation period, the Victorian Government will then release the Gas Substitution Roadmap later this year, detailing its planned actions. The consultation paper <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.vic.gov.au\/help-us-build-victorias-gas-substitution-roadmap\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria&#8217;s Andrews Government is inviting the community, industry and business to provide their feedback on ways to reduce dependence on fossil fuel (aka &#8220;natural&#8221;) gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":51594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Victorians Encouraged To Have Their Say On Reducing Gas Reliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Victorian Government is inviting the community, industry and business to provide feedback on reducing reliance on fossil fuel (&quot;natural&quot;) gas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victorians Encouraged To Have Their Say On Reducing Gas Reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Victorian Government is inviting the community, industry and business to provide feedback on reducing reliance on fossil fuel (&quot;natural&quot;) gas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-28T20:45:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-02T03:28:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Victorians Encouraged To Have Their Say On Reducing Gas Reliance\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-28T20:45:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-02T03:28:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/\"},\"wordCount\":519,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-gas-roadmap-mb2055\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/victoria-gas-emissions.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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