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Australia’s Climate Action Summit Greens NSW MP John Kaye June 2013, Glebe NSW

Making NSW renewable : The next steps (politics). Australia’s Climate Action Summit Greens NSW MP John Kaye June 2013, Glebe NSW. The challenge – 2013. The barriers. Climate deniers Impact on probable next federal govt Power of fossil fuel industry Political and economic

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Australia’s Climate Action Summit Greens NSW MP John Kaye June 2013, Glebe NSW

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  1. Making NSW renewable : The next steps (politics) Australia’s Climate Action Summit Greens NSW MP John Kaye June 2013, Glebe NSW

  2. The challenge – 2013 John Kaye Greens NSW MP

  3. John Kaye Greens NSW MP

  4. The barriers • Climate deniers • Impact on probable next federal govt • Power of fossil fuel industry • Political and economic • Fear of change • Job insecurity • Politicians lacking imagination • No vision for a new future

  5. The non-barriers • Technology • UNSW, BZE …: 100% renewable NSW possible • Existing technologies: wind, solar thermal, PV • Economics • Costs plummeting • Jobs: • 73,800 in clean energy generation, vs • 6,000 in coal and gas generation • Investment capital • $10 bn invest (+ 4,000 jobs + 22 Mt CO2) in wind alone

  6. Plummeting costs of renewables

  7. Wind, sun, coal and jobs John Kaye Greens NSW MP

  8. The zero-carbon technologies • Central • Wind • Concentrating solar thermal • storage • Biomass • Distributed • Rooftop panels • Micro-hydro • Energy efficiency

  9. 100% Renewable is: Possible Technology is ready Investment is available Time is right

  10. 100% Renewable is: Affordable • makes economic sense • renewables now cheaper than new coal-fired PS • Social costs of carbon are economically unsustainable • cost NSW: $2.4 bn to $6.9 bn • Health, infrastructure • create thousands of new jobs • up to 73,800 jobs in NSW

  11. 100% Renewable is: Essential • Unacceptable costs of fossil fuels: • environmental • social • economic • NSW • biggest CO2 emitter in Aus • Carbon addiction • Dead end economy • Renewables • Export growth area

  12. Breaking through • Campaign of solutions: • Possible, Affordable, Essential • Focus on jobs growth • Works with carbon price • Legislation: • Transforming NSW Energy Sector (Towards 100 percent Renewables) Bill 2013 • A greenprint for a 100% renewable NSW • Showing how it can be done • Force debate on choice: • CSG & coal or renewables • Councils as change agents • Towards 100% renewable communities

  13. Part 1: Legislation • Objective: require NSW govt to take first steps to • replace state's coal-fired electricity generating fleet with renewable energy and energy efficiency • Steps: • Develop the equivalent of 500 MW coal by 2017 • solar, wind and energy efficiency • Close 500 MW unit at Wallerawang power station 2017 • Guarantee employment all workers at Wallerawang • Ban new fossil fuel power stations of 15 MW or more • Remove artificial barriers to • distributed energy • wind power • Establish timeline for closing all coal-fired power stations by 2030 • Guarantee employment for all power station employees

  14. Part 2: Councils as change agents • Councils best located to provide • leadership • coordination and • support (esp. finding funding sources) • Councils know more than any other agency about: • Community • Housing stock • Land • Possibilities of renewable energy • Build confidence in new technologies • Aggregating expertise and knowledge

  15. Possible roles councils can take • Direct installation • E.g. Waverley – 31 kW of PV • Bulk purchase and retail • Warrnambool – savings • Establish Renewable Energy Parks • Expand capacity as residents buy-in • Works best with modular – e.g. solar PV • Establish/foster Renewable Energy Coop • Central NSW RE Coop • Hepburn Springs wind turbines

  16. Community benefits • Jobs • Low income participation • Investment and economic activity • Lower electricity costs • Identity and community strengthening “What’s great is that locals who are low income earners can even be part owners for as little as $100, and they have the same vote as everybody else - that’s inclusiveness and democracy at its best. I don’t have much money but I invested all I could in it.” Hepburn member

  17. Next step: • Gather baseline data and identify opportunities:

  18. Towards 100% Renewable NSW • Action needed at all levels of govt and community • Reduce emissions rapidly • Secure jobs and build export markets • Take pressure off power bills • Massive benefits • Early adopters are winners • Community buy-in • Create constituency for change • Just transition

  19. 2013 – the year of transition • Greens moving Transforming NSW Energy Sector (Towards 100 percent Renewables) Bill 2013 • Create the debate • Demonstrate the possibility and affordability • Greens developing Councils as change agents • Piloting in a number of local government areas • On-the-ground demonstration of possibilities and benefits • We believe it is: • Time to stop talking and start transforming

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