“The
IEA
strongly
supports
Austrialia’s
continuing
efforts
to
increase
and
improve
low-carbon
energy
in
the
country,”
says
the
agency’s
executive
director
Maria
van
der
Hoeven.
Van
der
Hoeven
applauds
the
federal
government’s
carbon
price
as
an
essential
part
of
reducing
energy
demand,
but
says
it
is
only
part
of
what
will
drive
markets
over
the
next
23
years.
Australia
is
poised
to
flourish
due
to
increasing
gas
and
coal
exports,
but
needs
to
address
infrastructure
bottlenecks
and
workforce
shortages,
says
van
der
Hoeven.
“Better
co-ordination
between
the
states
and
within
the
states,
possibly
involving
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