Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown that while renewable generation in Australia has increased significantly year on year, the country’s progress towards net zero is stymied by the failure to reduce consumption.
Energy use among both Australian households and industry has remained alarmingly stagnant for the last two decades, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ most recent Energy Account Australia report shows.
With the report charting statistics to 2021, it shows the country has had very little success in reducing overall consumption, necessary for meaningful emissions reductions.
“Australian businesses and homes are more power hungry than they should be, and don’t compare favourably to many other parts of the world,” Conry Tech CEO and cofounder Sam Ringwaldt said.
“Renewable energy generation cannot be the sole focus of our climate strategy. We need to cut Australia’s overall energy consumption and improve efficiency as the country transitions to green energy, because it will not be an overnight transformation,” Ringwaldt added.