“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.
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