One of the biggest debates underway in Australia (and around the world) is about electricity, and how it should be generated. One of the major pressure points is prices.
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| Yallourn Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria. |
During an episode of Q&A, audience member James Newbold said renewable energy is “now cheaper than coal and other fossil fuels”. Senator Matt Canavan (then-Resources Minister) disagreed, saying: “I don’t accept that renewables are, at the moment, cheaper than coal.”
Let’s look at the numbers.
Read the report on The Conversation - “FactCheck Q&A: is coal still cheaper than renewables as an energy source?”
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