Wednesday 17 December
For immediate release.
CSIRO’s Draft 2025-26 GenCost Report, released today, has once again found that renewables (solar and onshore wind) are set to form the lowest cost electricity generation mix for Australia through to 2050.
The new CSIRO and AEMO modelling confirms electricity generation costs would be a third lower with an 82% renewable grid, while building a new coal-fired power station today would deliver electricity for at least double the cost of solar and wind.
Today’s report underscores that the pace of the shift to clean energy must increase, to secure a stable electricity grid and drive down costs for every Australian.
The below experts and case studies are available for comment.
To arrange interviews, please contact:
Gabrielle Platt on 0493442307 or [email protected]
Professor John Quiggin, economist, University of Queensland
Prof. Quiggin is prominent both as a research economist and as a commentator on national and state economic policy. He can offer expert economic analysis of renewable energy markets.
Location: Brisbane
Karin Stark, Director at Farm Renewables Consulting and Founder of the National Renewables in Agriculture conference
Karin Stark lives on a cotton and wheat farm and can speak to how renewables help farmers manage through droughts and floods, for example, farmers using income from hosting wind turbines to pay for feed during long droughts. Karin can speak to how after her farm’s annual costs for their cotton crop soared, she recognised the potential in renewables to reduce costs and went on to electrify the agricultural practices on her 100-year-old family farm.
Location: Central West NSW
Stephanie Bashir, Principal at Nexa Advisory
Stephanie Bashir has expertise across the energy value chain in technical, commercial, strategic, policy and advisory capacities. She previously led the policy vision and strategy at AGL Energy as Senior Director of Public Policy.
Location: Melbourne
Andrew Bray, National Director of RE-Alliance
Andrew has been the National Director of RE-Alliance since 2013, including the period until 2019 when the organisation operated as the Australian Wind Alliance. In that time, Andrew has built the organisation to become the leading voice advocating for regional communities in issues around the energy transition, especially transmission, community benefit sharing and addressing impacts on local communities.
Location: Melbourne
Contact details:
To arrange interviews, please contact:
Gabrielle Platt on 0493 442 307 or [email protected]
