The Government says a key goal of the Roadmap is to make sure Australia is at the forefront of low emissions technological innovation. (ABC News)
Key Points
More than 140 technologies including hydrogen, renewables, biofuels and carbon capture and storage were given consideration
Australia has flexibility in using natural gas energy as the world's largest LNG exporter
Nuclear power was acknowledged for its potential, but cost and environmental factors had to be considered
The
Federal Government has unveiled its long-awaited "technology investment
roadmap", setting out Australia's energy priorities as it seeks to
bring down carbon emissions over the next 30 years.
Energy Minister Angus
Taylor released a discussion paper which he said would help to drive
investments in low-emissions technologies without putting extra pressure
on the economy.
"We've got a very clear focus, it's
about developing technologies that will bring down emissions and support
jobs growth in critical industries like agriculture, manufacturing,
transport," Mr Taylor said.
"It's about ensuring that mums and dads and small businesses are paying a fair cost for energy and not having taxes imposed on them."
The Government says a key goal of the Roadmap is to make sure Australia
is at the forefront of low emissions technological innovation.(ABC News)The
Federal Government has unveiled its long-awaited "technology investment
roadmap", setting out Australia's energy priorities as it seeks to
bring down carbon emissions over the next 30 years.Energy Minister Angus
Taylor released a discussion paper which he said would help to drive
investments in low-emissions technologies without putting extra pressure
on the economy.
"We've got a very clear focus, it's
about developing technologies that will bring down emissions and support
jobs growth in critical industries like agriculture, manufacturing,
transport," Mr Taylor said.
"It's
about ensuring that mums and dads and small businesses are paying a
fair cost for energy and not having taxes imposed on them."
The Government has faced pressure to adopt a target of
achieving zero net emissions by 2050 but Mr Taylor said it did not
"commit to targets without a very clear plan."
"There's
a joint commitment from the countries of the world to try and reduce
emissions as early as possible in the second half of the century," he
said.
"I mean, we'd all love it to happen before
the second half of the century. But what's going to make that possible
is successful development of technologies that allow us to reduce
emissions without destroying jobs and without hurting economies."
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