{"id":391932,"date":"2025-07-31T12:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391932"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:37:44","slug":"blackout-australia-doubles-down-on-net-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391932","title":{"rendered":"Blackout Australia Doubles Down on Net Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aussie Government plans an ambitious 30 minutes of battery capacity to stabilise the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Albanese government substantially expands renewable energy scheme amid 2030 target concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Bowen says Labor will increase size of its main climate and energy program by 25% to capitalise on falling cost of solar panels and batteries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Morton<\/a> Climate and environment editorTue 29 Jul 2025 12.26 AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian government will substantially expand a renewable energy underwriting scheme as it aims to capitalise on the falling cost of solar panels and batteries and combat concerns it may struggle to meet its 2030 climate target.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, said the government would increase the size of its main climate and energy program \u2013 known as the capacity investment scheme \u2013 by 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means Labor plans to underwrite the construction of 40 gigawatts of large-scale solar, wind and storage by the end of the decade. In capacity terms, this is nearly twice as much energy infrastructure as the country\u2019s existing coal-fired power fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He announced the government would add 5GW of dispatchable capacity, which typically means large-scale batteries and 3GW of large-scale wind and solar generation to its underwriting program. In total, the government has promised to underwrite 26GW of generation and 14GW of storage or clean dispatchable capacity that can be called on when needed.

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None of this comes close to meeting Australia\u2019s energy needs. 14GW of \u201cstorage or clean dispatchable capacity\u201d covers half of Australia\u2019s 35GW of peak demand<\/a>. When a 35GW peak occurs during one of our wind droughts, and there is only 14GW of storage while demand shoots up to 35GW, after a few minutes the electricity will fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Night Time Wind Power Fails Across the Entire Continent of Australia<\/a><\/blockquote>