CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development urges new technology and training to meet future energy supply

摘要

The Chief Executive of the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development, Mr. Frank van Schagen said Australia faces a massive investment of 60 billion dollars to meet its projected 50 per cent rise in demand for electricity by 2050. "At the same time it is Australia's international responsibility to play our part in reducing CO_2 emissions. To meet both goals in a way the nation can afford will require the introduction of high efficiency, low emission generation technologies, combined with carbon capture and storage." Mr. van Schagen said. "The policy instruments designed to reduce Australia's emissions will be important in the behaviour that it stimulates in the electricity market," he said. In a study exploring this aspect of market response to lowest cost future options led by CCSD researchers, Peter Coombes of Delta Electricity and Paul Graham of CSIRO, we may conclude that there is no single energy technology that will meet all Australia's needs - but that the way forward will be through a mix of technologies. If steep cuts in CO_2 emissions are required, then carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be essential, they conclude.