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Doubling uptake of wind and solar power could set up Australia for net zero emissions by 2040 – The Guardian
Australian National University report author says green energy transformation will surprise ‘on the upside, not the downside’
Australia could wipe out 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions all of those from fossil fuel energy in two decades by doubling the pace at which solar and wind power is being rolled out, academic analysis suggests.
The paper by Australian National University engineering researchers found that at the current rate Australia would not reach net zero emissions until well after 2050, the date by which Scott Morrison says he would preferably like to get there.
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