Renewable energy in Australia: a wider policy discourse

Yang, M; Sandu, S; Li, W; Khalid, MT

Renewable energy in Australia: a wider policy discourse

Yang, M

Sandu, S Li, W Khalid, MT

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment, 2019, 17, (3), pp. 241-253
Issue Date:: 2019-10-28

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dc.contributor.author	Yang, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4009-2002
dc.contributor.author	Sandu, S
dc.contributor.author	Li, W
dc.contributor.author	Khalid, MT
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dc.identifier.citation	Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment, 2019, 17, (3), pp. 241-253
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dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Shandong Normal University. This paper assesses the evolution of generation technology-mix in Australia, with specific emphasis on understanding how such evolution has been shaped by wider political and socio-economic influences. This assessment is predicated on the argument that the contemporary, quintessentially techno-economic, policy discourse on renewable energy is deficient, as it ignores climacteric political and socio-economic influences on generation technology-mix. The methodological framework employed in this paper is informed by the core tenets of technological change theory. The assessment suggests that generation technology-mix in Australia has historically been overwhelmingly influenced by the underlying technological paradigm of the electricity industry; and that this technological paradigm essentially draws its imprimatur from the wider political and socio-economic contexts. By implication, it suggests that a rapid uptake of renewables will have widespread ramifications, extending into political, socio-economic and cultural realms of a society. Clearly, existing policy discourse–that tends to focus on technical potentials, cost competitiveness, externalities and risks of various renewable technologies–is deficient. A much broader discourse is needed. This paper also made an attempt to develop a basis for such a discourse by reviewing broader aspects of the Australian society that would be affected by a rapid uptake of renewables.
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dc.title	Renewable energy in Australia: a wider policy discourse
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© 2019, © 2019 Shandong Normal University. This paper assesses the evolution of generation technology-mix in Australia, with specific emphasis on understanding how such evolution has been shaped by wider political and socio-economic influences. This assessment is predicated on the argument that the contemporary, quintessentially techno-economic, policy discourse on renewable energy is deficient, as it ignores climacteric political and socio-economic influences on generation technology-mix. The methodological framework employed in this paper is informed by the core tenets of technological change theory. The assessment suggests that generation technology-mix in Australia has historically been overwhelmingly influenced by the underlying technological paradigm of the electricity industry; and that this technological paradigm essentially draws its imprimatur from the wider political and socio-economic contexts. By implication, it suggests that a rapid uptake of renewables will have widespread ramifications, extending into political, socio-economic and cultural realms of a society. Clearly, existing policy discourse–that tends to focus on technical potentials, cost competitiveness, externalities and risks of various renewable technologies–is deficient. A much broader discourse is needed. This paper also made an attempt to develop a basis for such a discourse by reviewing broader aspects of the Australian society that would be affected by a rapid uptake of renewables.

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