Renewable-Only Grid to Cost 10-20 Percent More Than Mixed Grid: Energy Consultant

Gamma Energy Technology Director Geoff Bongers said there needed to be a balance in the power grid.
Renewable-Only Grid to Cost 10-20 Percent More Than Mixed Grid: Energy Consultant
Wind turbines dot the landscape at Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm in Wales, the UK, on Aug. 1, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images
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An energy consultant says transitioning Australia’s energy network to net zero with only renewables will cost 10-20 percent more than a combination of nuclear, biomass, and energy technologies.

At a recent parliamentary inquiry into Australia adopting nuclear energy, Geoff Bongers, director of Gamma Energy Technology and a professor at the University of Queensland, spoke about the trade-off between decarbonising, and continuing with traditional fossil fuel sources.

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