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Pace of energy transition underestimated: CleanCo – The Australian Financial Review
The power system’s growth in the next 20 years will be much more than expected and planners are yet to grasp the extent of the challenge, says Maia Schweizer.
This is a whole other world and we are only just beginning to grapple with the implications of that, she said.
Dr Schweizer, who was the inaugural permanent CEO for CleanCo when it was set up by the Palaszczuk Labor government in 2018-19, said Australia has a 20- or 30-year job in front of it to expand the electricity system. She pointed to the huge potential in Queensland for growth in hydrogen and green energy resources.
The Townsville region, for example, could host about 20 gigawatts of capacity,…
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