by Sophie Vorrath |
Australia's chief climate commissioner, Tim Flannery, has called for Queensland to embrace the opportunities that come with taking action against dangerous climate change, describing it as a renewable energy "super state."
"Queensland is a bit of an energy super state," Professor Flannery told AAP, ahead of the launch on Tuesday of the climate commission's latest report – an examination of the impact of global warming on Queensland.
The report reveals that the state's solar energy output has doubled over the past two years – giving it the largest installed solar PV capacity in Australia at over 475MW – and points to its huge potential for large-scale concentrated solar thermal generation.
"Queensland receives significant direct (as opposed to diffuse) sunlight, making CST an efficient method to generate electricity," the report says, adding that the state experiences levels of radiation comparable to solar thermal generation sites in the US and Spain.
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