(The Guardian) Existing technology can double planned emissions reductions
Another report out today: Beyond Zero Emissions has set out how Australia could nearly double the planned emissions reductions by 2030 just by backing existing technology.
The climate thinktank estimated the country could make an 81% cut by 2030 compared with 2005 levels – nearly double the government’s existing 43% target – by accelerating the roll out of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, heat pumps, electrolysers and electric vehicles with chargers.
The group focused on what was physically possible, and not the cost or policies needed to get there.
It said most of the goal could be achieved by doubling the pace at which household solar panels were installed, quadrupling the rate at which wind turbines were built and connected ,and increasing the roll out of energy storage including batteries by a factor of five.
EV use would need to increase by a factor of 14 from the current low base and there would need to be a massive increase – 37 times the current rate – in the pace at which heat pumps were installed to run water heating, air conditioning and industrial heat.
The Beyond Zero Emissions chief executive, Heidi Lee, said emissions cuts on this scale were “ambitious but achievable”. -- Our research shows Australians that emissions cutting technologies are here, we’re using them and there’s no reason why they can’t be scaled up.
-Read more: https://bze.org.au/research_release/deploy/
Another report out today: Beyond Zero Emissions has set out how Australia could nearly double the planned emissions reductions by 2030 just by backing existing technology.
The climate thinktank estimated the country could make an 81% cut by 2030 compared with 2005 levels – nearly double the government’s existing 43% target – by accelerating the roll out of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, heat pumps, electrolysers and electric vehicles with chargers.
The group focused on what was physically possible, and not the cost or policies needed to get there.
It said most of the goal could be achieved by doubling the pace at which household solar panels were installed, quadrupling the rate at which wind turbines were built and connected ,and increasing the roll out of energy storage including batteries by a factor of five.
EV use would need to increase by a factor of 14 from the current low base and there would need to be a massive increase – 37 times the current rate – in the pace at which heat pumps were installed to run water heating, air conditioning and industrial heat.
The Beyond Zero Emissions chief executive, Heidi Lee, said emissions cuts on this scale were “ambitious but achievable”. -- Our research shows Australians that emissions cutting technologies are here, we’re using them and there’s no reason why they can’t be scaled up.
-Read more: https://bze.org.au/research_release/deploy/
