Transitioning to Clean, Renewable Energy

It’s Urgent!

Australia’s is experiencing unprecedented, catastrophic weather events, the kinds that we use to call ‘a once in a decade event’, we now see annually.  Here are some examples:

• 2019-2020 – Black Summer bushfires in NSW and Victoria.
• March 2021 – many parts of Sydney received heavy rainfall in a storm that was described as “dangerous and threatening” by the Bureau of Meteorology.
• December 2021 – a storm with extreme winds of 130 km/h (81 mph) quickly swept across multiple suburbs in the Northern Beaches area.
• 2022 – Northern regions of NSW experienced extreme flooding
• March 2022 – 174mm of rain fell over in Warragamba in less than 24 hours, forcing thousands of people in parts of western Sydney to evacuate due to flooding from the Hawkesbury River, Nepean River and Georges river.
• July 2023 – driest start to winter in 85 years, receiving only 22.2 mm (0.87 in) of rain since the start of June.
• April 2024 – a black nor’easter dumped heavy rain in the Sydney region. The deluge caused major public transport delays and flooding in the Northern Beaches. Penrith recorded its heaviest 24-hour rainfall on record for April at 167 mm (6.57 in).
• January 2025 – severe thunderstorms and gusty winds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph) causing a landslide in Northern Sydney.
• January 2026 – Victorian Bushfires were triggered by a combination of extreme heatwaves (>40C)), high-speed winds, and dry, lightning-prone conditions.

It is crucial for Australia to transition to clean, renewable energy if we are to mitigate against climate change.

The good news is, over 4.3 million Australian homes and businesses have installed solar panels as of March 2026, with nearly 40% of households now utilizing solar power. “Our biggest power station now resides on the rooftops of more than 4.3 million households,” said Jackie Trad, the Clean Energy Council’s chief executive.” (It’s) helping to drive downward pressure on power bills for consumers and businesses, with less reliance on expensive gas or unreliable coal to power our grid. “It not only leads our national renewables rollout, but also leads the rest of the world on a per capita basis.”

With the federal governments Cheaper Home Batteries Program, Australian households installed as many batteries in the final six months of 2025 as they did in the entire preceding five years, according to figures showing the boom in demand for storage devices. The federal government subsidies have slashed the up-front cost of batteries, a report from the Clean Energy Council has found customers took up the offers at a breakneck pace.

It is very encouraging to see renewable energy sources have officially surpassed fossil fuels in Australia’s main electricity market (NEM) for the first time, supplying over 50% of demand in the final quarter of 2025. This milestone was driven by record wind and solar output, with renewables overtaking coal on a monthly basis earlier in September 2025.

As of April 2026, Australian green hydrogen technology is advancing rapidly, with a major breakthrough in fuel cell efficiency emerging from the University of New South Wales. The latest developments focus on solving commercialization bottlenecks to make green hydrogen economically viable for heavy transport and aviation. Note: blue hydrogen is produced using natural gas while green hydrogen is made by running an electric current through water using an electrolyser powered by renewable energy such as wind or solar. 

Did you know transport is Australia’s third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions accounting for approximately 21–22% of the nation’s total, driven heavily by passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.  It is the fastest-growing source of emissions, with over 60% of transport emissions coming from cars, making it a critical sector for achieving net-zero targets by 2050. This pollution can be radically reduced by accelerating the switch to electric vehicles (EVs) as well as ramping up investment in public and active transport. Australians are starting to embrace EV’s, with sales reaching a record 14.6% market share in March 2026 with over 15,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sold, driven by high fuel prices and increased supply.

Transitioning to clean renewable energy makes economic and environmental sense.

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