By expanding our clean energy capacity this decade, we can limit gas to a small residual ‘firming’ role in Australia’s electricity › Starting a managed decline of gas exports would see Australia take control of grid, halve gas use in our homes and businesses and cut gas use by our energy and export future. [...] The shift to clean energy is underway and accelerating 3 POWERING PAST GAS Gas is a dangerous fossil fuel WE HAVE BETTER, SAFER ENERGY OPTIONS Gas is a dangerous fossil fuel responsible for climate pollution that is harming Australians and the places we love. [...] The continued roll-out of firmed renewables Gas Strategy even claims that: “Gas will in our electricity grid and electrification of our be essential to the transition because our We have cheaper and cleaner technologies homes and businesses will slash a big share of energy system needs gas to achieve net needed to replace both coal and gas in our Australia’s gas demand. [...] In fact, Australia’s gas PROJECTED GAS USED FOR LNG PROCESSING, WITH AND WITHOUT ELECTRIFICATION INVESTMENTS export terminals use more gas than all of our power stations around the country, and almost three times as Gas used for liquefaction and processing Potential gas savings through electrification much gas as Australian households Gas used for liquefaction and processing, after savings (Climat. [...] New solutions are needed for changing gas markets We need new policy thinking, not new gas MEET DOMESTIC NEEDS WITH AUSTRALIAN GAS FIRST Only 20 percent of the gas produced in Australia is used in our grid, buildings AUSTRALIAN GAS USED DOMESTICALLY VS LNG PROCESSING AND EXPORTS and industry.
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Table of Contents
- Key findings 4
- Introduction:We need a plan to power Australia past gas 6
- 1. 8
- The shift to clean energy is underway and accelerating 8
- Gas is a dangerous fossil fuel 9
- The world is embracing cleaner, lower-cost energy 10
- Clean energy is already powering us forward 11
- Australia’s energy mix is changing 12
- Japan and South Korea will use less gas 13
- Coal is being replaced by clean energy in China, not gas 14
- 2. 15
- New supply is set to upend the global gas market 15
- There will soon be too much gas 16
- In a world awash with gas, Australia won’t be a supplier of choice 17
- 3. 19
- We can meet our energy needs without new gas 19
- A different energy mix will balance demand and supply 20
- Meeting our domestic energy needs more cleanly 21
- Gas has a small and short-term role in Australia’s electricity grid 22
- We can massively reduce gas use in our homes and businesses 23
- Australian industry can benefit from using cleaner fuels today 24
- The resources sector can consume and produce less gas 25
- Re-powering gas terminals with clean energy will cut gas use 26
- 4. 27
- New solutions are needed for changing gas markets 27
- We need new policy thinking, not new gas 28
- Now is the best time to start a phase-out of polluting gas exports 30
- Work with trade partners for a clean energy future made in Australia 31
- Conclusion: This is a moment for looking forward and seizing the decade 33
- Methodology for derived estimates 34
- References 35
- Image Credits 37
