PERTH, Friday 19 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has known as on the WA Prepare dinner Authorities to speed up the electrification of the state’s key industries to deal with the projected shortages of fuel highlighted right now by the Australian Vitality Market Operator (AEMO).
The power regulator’s annual projections of anticipated fuel provide and demand for Western Australia was launched right now, with forecasts of potential fuel shortages from 2030.
Unbiased modelling commissioned by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and launched final month reveals that if the deployment of renewable power is expedited in WA, there could be no have to develop new fuel to fulfill the state’s power wants.
Geoff Bice, WA Marketing campaign Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, mentioned: “The projections from AEMO right now are a sign to the market about the place the stress factors are prone to emerge if the present state of play continues; it’s a message that every one efforts should now consider the renewable power construct out and the massive alternatives a decarbonised power system presents for the WA financial system.
“Batteries and renewable power are already outperforming coal, fuel and diesel as a result of they’re cheaper to run and quicker to deploy.
“Our modelling reveals there’s a clear, achievable pathway to assembly WA’s rising power wants with out locking in dearer, unreliable and polluting fuel.
“The WA Authorities should proceed to put money into, and speed up, the rollout of enormous scale renewable power — the most affordable type of new power era. A few of WA’s largest fuel customers like Alcoa and Wesfarmers ought to observe the lead of a number of the state’s mining operations, and speed up the electrification of their operations to be powered by clear renewable power.
“The actual fact is, there is no such thing as a fuel scarcity in WA — we’re awash with fuel, nearly all of which is exported abroad by multinational companies like Woodside for revenue, whereas West Australians pay the value with greater payments and rising local weather impacts like bushfires, extreme heatwaves and floods.
“If we seize this second and ramp up the renewable power rollout already nicely underway, WA can preserve its financial safety, create safe jobs, and construct a cleaner, extra resilient future for the state and our key industries.”
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