SOLAR and wind could become the cheapest sources of energy and almost exclusively power the country in coming decades as carbon prices climb, the Climate Commission says.

1. Solar and wind the cheapest sources of
energy and could power Australia, the
Climate Commission says
SOLAR and wind could become the
cheapest sources of energy and almost
exclusively power the country in coming
decades as carbon prices climb, the
Climate Commission says.

2. A report, to be released today by chief
commissioner Professor Tim Flannery, notes
the vast potential from sunlight and wind and
"solar PV and wind could be the cheapest
forms of power in Australia for retail users by
2030, if not earlier, as carbon prices rise".
Prof Flannery said improvements had driven
down the cost of renewable energy so much
that Australia's uptake had increased more
than a decade faster than earlier imagined.

3. He said people might find it hard to believe
communities could one day be powered
almost entirely by renewable energy, but
people would never have believed they would
one day carry around little computers in their
pockets.
"It's like anything, computers or mobile
phones, they started off expensive and over
time the cost just declines and we've seen
that with wind and now with solar,'' he said.

4. But the report The Critical Decade: Generating
a Renewable Australia has no detail around
how renewable energy and fossil fuel prices
might compare in the future. Prof Flannery
said technology moved so quickly, it was
impossible to form concrete predictions.
Renewables currently make up 10 per cent of
Australia's energy mix and the report says
growth was subject to innovation, community
acceptance and regulation.

5. Source:
National Education Writer: Jessica
Marszalek (News Limited Network)
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