Some commentators blame wind, solar and batteries for rising power bills. But the evidence from Australian market bodies and modellers is clear: done well and done on time, a clean energy transition is the cheapest way to keep energy affordable and cut emissions.
“Green energy delays” are being blamed by some for making Australians poorer, with trolls misreading headlines saying the transition is the culprit. Read carefully, the AFR’s argument is not that renewables make us poor, but that failing to deliver them efficiently does — a point the evidence strongly supports
What is making us poorer is not the move to clean energy – it is doing the transition slowly and badly.
Across Australia’s own energy institutions and independent modellers, there is now strong agreement on one core point: a timely, well-planned rollout of renewables, storage and transmission is the lowest-cost way to replace our ageing coal fleet and protect households from volatile fossil fuel prices.
What the numbers say
