Global Shift to Renewables Would Cost $120 Trillion: Australian Energy CEO

Global Shift to Renewables Would Cost $120 Trillion: Australian Energy CEO
The Royalla Solar Farm in Canberra, Australia on Jun. 28, 2016. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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The world will need to pour trillions of dollars into the energy sector if it wants to reach the net-zero target by 2050, according to the CEO of Australia’s largest electricity operator.

Frank Calabria, managing director of Origin Energy, which operates Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, has also urged to “bring as much coal supply back into the system as soon as possible.” He said this would aid a “successful transition” to renewables over the longer term and ease pressure on the power price.

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