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The Smart Energy Council has criticized the Queensland government's energy policies, claiming they are intentionally slowing the transition to renewable energy to protect coal interests. The government maintains that its strategy balances base-load power needs with renewable investment.
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It highlights the ongoing political and economic tension between traditional fossil fuel reliance and the transition to renewable energy in Australian state politics.
Smart Energy Council says Queensland government’s energy policy deliberately slowing renewables transition
The Smart Energy Council says Queensland’s government is using energy policy uncertainty to deliberately slow the state’s transition to renewables.
Since winning office in October 2024, the state’s Liberal National party government has extended the life of its coal-fired generators, which no longer have clear closure dates, killed renewable projects and the state’s renewables target, and tightened the state’s approval processes for green projects while loosening it for mining.
The council’s chief executive, David McElrea , told the Smart Energy Queensland Conference and Exhibition this morning, in Brisbane, that it was part of a “a self-fulfilling strategy to make renewable energy uninvestable”. McElrea said:
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