6 Oct 2020
RENEWABLE RECOVERY WINS WORTH CELEBRATING
Nicky Ison - Energy Transition Manager - WWF-Australia
In June this year, WWF launched its Renewable Recovery campaign. A campaign to ensure that as we emerge from the COVID-19 health crisis, over 100,000 new jobs are created by growing Australia’s renewable and clean energy industries. We worked with leading consultancy EY to produce a report that outlined the economic opportunity of a renewable recovery, developed a $2 billion renewable recovery package and have worked with companies across Australia to advocate for renewable stimulus measures.
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In the last three months, it has been gratifying to see state governments increasingly step up to lead a renewable recovery.
Here are a few of the campaign wins so far:
- The WA Government announced $56 million local solar stimulus (July) $13 million Battery manufacturing boost and $22 million investment in renewable hydrogen (August)
- The NSW Government announced the acceleration of huge Renewable Energy Zone in New England, $37 million for Big battery projects (August) and plans to make Newcastle and Port Kembler renewable hydrogen hubs (September)
- The Qld Govt announces $145 million funding for 3 new Renewable Energy Corridors (August), and $17 million for a new renewable energy training centre (June) and $500 million publicly owned Renewable Energy Fund (September)
- The Victorian Government announced plans to secure at least 600MWs of renewables to power trains, schools and hospitals to help drive the state’s economic recovery (September)
- The Federal Government announces #RenewableRecovery investments in a hydrogen export hub, renewable and battery storage micro-grids for remote areas and millions to fund a program to support community organisations to lower their energy bills (September).
- Federal Government commits funding to support clean energy technologies to be made in Australia Manufacturing clean energy technologies like batteries and electric buses announced as a top government priority Australia can be a renewable export powerhouse – making things, using them and exporting them to the world all with affordable & reliable renewable energy (October).
We’re so excited to see what comes next as Australia becomes a renewable energy powerhouse!