Clean Energy Council calls for election focus on energy overhaul

A rapid transition to renewable energy should be an election priority, a group of clean energy powerbrokers say.The Clean Energy Council on Tuesday released a policy road map and called for a short-term 2030 target to drive immediate investment.“The signals coming from the private sector indicate the federal government’s latest policy statements on net-zero emissions are not enough,” Clean Energy Council head Kane Thornton said.The Morrison government has a long-term plan to deliver net-zero emissions by 2050 while preserving jobs and generating new opportunities for industries and regional Australia.Mr Thornton said an electricity grid powered by 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030 would deliver emissions reductions of 44.5 per cent from 2005 levels, as well as jobs, investment and growth.“This is just below the global average of 45 per cent – it’s not an ambitious or…

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