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Australia on track to meet its 2020 renewable generation target

The Clean Energy Regulator of Australia has released the Renewable Energy Target 2015 Administrative Report, highlighting progress toward the Renewable Energy Target (RET), which requires Australia to generate 33 TWh of new renewable generation capacity by 2020, resulting in covering more than 23% of power generation with renewables by 2020.

In 2015, 41 renewable plants with a combined capacity of 296 MW were commissioned, raising the total renewable capacity to 13,652 MW. Large-scale renewable sources generated 15.2 TWh of electricity during the year, while 188,902 small scale systems generated 8.9 TWh of renewable electricity. Overall, the capacity of small-scale solar installations rose by 12% in 2015, doubling the 2011 capacity. In addition, 409 MW of new renewable projects were committed in 2015 (362 MW of wind, 16 MW of solar and 6 MW of biogas), for a future generation of 1.3 TWh.

The Clean Energy Regulator thus considers progress in 2015 adequate under the circumstances and the 2020 target achievable. To reach the target, Australia will have to add around 3,000 MW of renewable capacity in 2016.

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