A case study of Australia's emissions reduction policies - An electricity planner's perspective

Byrom, Stephanie; Bongers, Geoff; Dargusch, Paul; Garnett, Andrew; Boston, Andy

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111323

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“…Aside from the federal RET, state and territory governments have adopted policies to increase the sourcing of electricity from variable renewable energy sources and/or adopt a net-zero emissions target (Bhattacharya et al, 2020;Li et al, 2019). For example, in 2014, SA announced the target of sourcing 50% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025 and 100% from renewables before 2030 (Byrom et al, 2020). In addition, the state has set the goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.…”

Section: Overview Of Australian Renewable Energy Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2016, the government of VIC committed to renewable energy generation targets of 25% by 2020 and 40% by 2025, in addition to a net-zero emissions target by 2050 (Reedman et al, 2018). The NSW government has committed to an aspirational objective of net-zero emissions by 2050 (Byrom et al, 2020).…”

Section: Overview Of Australian Renewable Energy Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The targets are broad in scope and include a raft of initiatives intended to address areas of market failure, drive regulatory reform, streamline planning processes, remove non-economic barriers and facilitate technological innovation (Simshauser, 2019c). Such measures position the state as the driver of the national renewable energy plan while detailing mechanisms to attract maximum investment under the expanded national renewable energy targets (Byrom et al, 2020). The primary objective is to increase the deployment of renewable energy infrastructure in Australia.…”

Section: Policy Instruments For Renewable Energy In Australian Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of the Nature of Energy Management and Responses to Policies Regarding Solar and Wind Pricing: A Qualitative Study of the Australian Electricity Markets

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The present study employed various qualitative techniques to investigate the nature and influence of policies and regulations concerning solar and wind pricing on the Australian electricity spot and options markets. The analysis was based on data gathered through interviews conducted with energy managers, chief executive officers and other significant personnel from the Australian electricity industry. The interviewees' responses regarding the solar and wind policies of relevance to the Australian electricity markets were examined, and the thick and in-depth content data derived from the interviews were used to examine how their views and personal politics influenced pricing within the electricity markets. The results suggest that renewable energy policies lower the electricity prices, reduce the risks for investors and also result in larger deployment mechanisms.

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Section: Overview Of Australian Renewable Energy Programsmentioning

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Section: Overview Of Australian Renewable Energy Programsmentioning

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Impact of the Nature of Energy Management and Responses to Policies Regarding Solar and Wind Pricing: A Qualitative Study of the Australian Electricity Markets

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2021

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“…The research approach on climate change is broad. It can focus on analyzing the origin of this phenomenon, assessing the evolution of the emission of greenhouse gases [1,2], or the influence of deforestation on rising temperatures [3]. Other authors focus on the consequences, such as the loss of biodiversity [4][5][6], or the economic losses on activities impaired by climate change, such as agriculture [7], tourism [8], or supply chains [9].…”

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Impact of climate change on occupational health and safety: A review of methodological approaches

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Leal

Souza

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BACKGROUND: The working population is exposed daily to unavoidable climatic conditions due to their occupational settings. Effects of the weather such as rain, heat, and air pollution may increase the risk of diseases, injuries, accidents, and even death during labor. OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to summarize the impacts of climate change on workers’ health, safety and performance, identifying the risks, affected workplaces and the range of methodological approaches used to assess this problem. METHODS: A thorough systematic mapping was conducted in seven scientific international databases: Emerald, IEEE Xplore, Science Direct, Scielo, Scopus, SpringerLink, and Web of Science. Three research questions guided the extraction process resulting in 170 articles regarding the impacts of climate change on occupational health and safety. RESULTS: We found an accentuated trend in observational studies applying primary and secondary data collection. Many studies focused on the association between rising temperatures and occupational hazards, mainly in outdoor working settings such as agriculture. The variation of temperature was the most investigated impact of climate change. CONCLUSIONS: We established a knowledge base on how to explore the impacts of climate change on workers’ well-being and health. Researchers and policymakers benefit from this review, which explores the suitable methods found in the literature and highlights the most recurring risks and their consequences to occupational health and safety.

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“…As the generation mix becomes increasingly reliant on wind and solar power [7], the impact of low wind and solar generation periods becomes more relevant [8][9][10][11]. The importance of understanding how wind and solar variability impacts the whole system, its impact on the total system cost [12], and the degree to which storage can mitigate wind and solar variability [13][14][15] is important for system stakeholders [16].…”

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Characterisation and mitigation of renewable droughts in the Australian National Electricity Market

Boston¹,

Bongers

2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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In a decarbonising world, the electricity generation mix in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) is likely to be heavily dependent on wind and solar. Designing an electricity system dominated by variable renewable energy generation requires careful examination of periods of low renewable output to ensure storage or other back up generation is sufficient to avoid loss of load. This study uses 15 years of climate and electricity demand data to examine the frequency and nature of the occurrence of low renewable periods. It examines strategies for their mitigation so that unserved energy standards are not breached. We have found that the winter period, May to August, is the time where the NEM is at greatest risk of loss of load. This winter period is when the demand in southern Australian states is higher, solar generation is lower and a series of low wind periods can drain storage. It has been demonstrated that any proposed generation mix reliant on renewable energy generation should be stress tested across a low wind winter, like the complex winter of 2010, not just a single isolated low wind period. Storage was found to be ideal to provide energy for a few hours overnight, but firm dispatchable thermal generation is likely to be a lower cost option than long term storage for extended low wind periods. Diversifying generation with the addition of offshore wind may reduce the need for storage, although the need for floating wind turbines may make this alternative too expensive to add any value in the Australian context.

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A case study of Australia's emissions reduction policies - An electricity planner's perspective

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Impact of the Nature of Energy Management and Responses to Policies Regarding Solar and Wind Pricing: A Qualitative Study of the Australian Electricity Markets

Impact of the Nature of Energy Management and Responses to Policies Regarding Solar and Wind Pricing: A Qualitative Study of the Australian Electricity Markets

Impact of climate change on occupational health and safety: A review of methodological approaches

Characterisation and mitigation of renewable droughts in the Australian National Electricity Market

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