Clean Energy Future Group
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The Clean Energy Future Group is an Australia
n collaboration of environmental
groups aiming to promote renewable energy use
in Australia.
, has published a series of reports on Australia's potential transition to cleaner and renewable energy
sources.
In January 2005, the Clean Energy Future Group and Environment Victoria
released a report titled Toward Victoria's Clean Energy Future. The document included plans to cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation by 2010. The report focused on alternatives to coal-fired power station
s such as Hazelwood Power Station
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n collaboration of environmental
Environmental movement
The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
groups aiming to promote renewable energy use
Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat...
in Australia.
Environmental Organisations
- Australasian Energy Performance Contracting Association (AEPCA), www.aepca.asn.au
- Clean Energy Council (formerly the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au
- The Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA), www.auswea.com.au
- Bioenergy Australia www.bioenergyaustralia.org
- Renewable Energy Generators of Australia (REGARegaThe Rega is a river in north-western Poland, flowing into the Baltic Sea. It is the country's 24th longest river, with a total length of 168 km and a catchment area of 2,725 km².Towns on the Rega:* Świdwin* Łobez* Resko* Płoty* Gryfice...
), www.rega.com.au - WWF Australia, part of WWFWorld Wide Fund for NatureThe World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
, the global conservation organization, www.wwf.org.au
Reports
The group, together with Environment VictoriaEnvironment Victoria
Environment Victoria is Victoria’s leading independent environment group. Established in 1969 as the Conservation Council of Victoria, Environment Victoria was set up by Victoria's community conservation groups to provide a single unified voice for Victoria's environment. Today, Environment...
, has published a series of reports on Australia's potential transition to cleaner and renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
sources.
In January 2005, the Clean Energy Future Group and Environment Victoria
Environment Victoria
Environment Victoria is Victoria’s leading independent environment group. Established in 1969 as the Conservation Council of Victoria, Environment Victoria was set up by Victoria's community conservation groups to provide a single unified voice for Victoria's environment. Today, Environment...
released a report titled Toward Victoria's Clean Energy Future. The document included plans to cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation by 2010. The report focused on alternatives to coal-fired power station
Coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station produces electricity, usually for public consumption, by burning coal to boil water, producing steam which drives a steam turbine which turns an electrical generator...
s such as Hazelwood Power Station
Hazelwood Power Station, Victoria
Hazelwood Power Station, in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia is a brown coal fueled base-load power station built between 1964 and 1971. The power station is of 1,600 megawatt capacity, and supplies up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total energy...
.
See also
- Renewable energy commercialisation in Australia
- List of Australian renewable energy topics
- Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable EnergyGreenhouse Solutions with Sustainable EnergyGreenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy is a 2007 book by Australian academic Mark Diesendorf. The book puts forward a setof policies and strategies for implementing the most promising clean energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations...
- Photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering in Australia
- Wind power in AustraliaWind power in AustraliaWind power in Australia is a proven and reliable technology that can be and is readily deployed. As of October 2010, there were 52 wind farms in Australia, most of which had turbines of from 1.5 to 3 megawatts...
- Solar power in AustraliaSolar power in AustraliaAustralia has an estimated 300 MW of installed photovoltaic power , contributing an estimated 0.1 to 0.2% of total electricity production despite the hot and sunny climate that would make it ideal for utilisation...
- Solar Cities in AustraliaSolar Cities in AustraliaSolar Cities is an innovative demonstration programme designed to promote solar power, smart meters, energy conservation and new approaches to electricity pricing to provide a sustainable energy future in urban locations throughout Australia...
- Geothermal energy exploration in Central AustraliaGeothermal energy exploration in Central AustraliaGeothermal power in Australia is little used but growing. There are known and potential locations near the centre of the country that have been shown to contain hot granites at depth which hold good potential for development of geothermal energy...
- Greenhouse MafiaGreenhouse MafiaGreenhouse Mafia is allegedly the "in house" name used by Australia’s carbon lobby for itself. It was also the title of a program aired by the ABC on the 13 February 2006 episode of its weekly current affairs program Four Corners....
- Effects of global warming on AustraliaEffects of global warming on AustraliaPredictions measuring the effects of global warming on Australia assert that climate change will negatively impact the continent's environment, economy, and communities...
- Centre for Energy and Environmental MarketsCentre for Energy and Environmental MarketsThe Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets at the University of New South Wales conducts interdisciplinary research into energy and environmental markets and associated policies. CEEM brings together researchers from the areas of Business, Engineering and Social Sciences...
- List of renewable energy topics by country
- Anti-nuclear movement in AustraliaAnti-nuclear movement in AustraliaNuclear testing, uranium mining and export, and nuclear energy have often been the subject of public debate in Australia, and the anti-nuclear movement in Australia has a long history...