Energy Scenario: Production, Consumption and Prospect of Renewable Energy in Australia - Journal of Power and Energy Engineering

JPEE > Vol.2 No.4, April 2014

Energy Scenario: Production, Consumption and Prospect of Renewable Energy in Australia ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2014.24004 6,945 Downloads 10,303 Views Citations

Author(s)

A. K. Azad^*, M. M. K. Khan, T. Ahasan, S. F. Ahmed

Affiliation(s)

School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia.

ABSTRACT

Australia is the world’s 9^th largest energy producer, 17^th largest consumer of non-renewable energy resources and ranks 18^th on a per person energy consumption basis.Australia’s energy consumption is primarily composed of non-renewable energy resources (coal, oil, gas and related products), which represent 96% of total energy consumption. Renewables, the majority of which is bioenergy (wood and wood waste, biomass, and biogas) combined with clear energy namely wind, solar hot water, solar electricity, hydroelectricity account for the remaining 4% consumption.Australia’s renewable energy resources are largely undeveloped which will contribute directly to the Australian economy. In this article, a review of literature on energy scenario is presented and discussed.Australia’s total energy production, consumption, storage and export (including renewable and non-renewable) data has been analyzed and discussed in this study. The main objective of the study is to analyze the prospect of renewable energy inAustralia. This study concludes that Australian economy will grow faster if its undeveloped renewable energies can be used efficiently for electricity generation and transport sector.

KEYWORDS

Renewable Energy; Non-Renewable Energy; Total Energy Production; Electricity Generation; Economy

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Azad, A. , Khan, M. , Ahasan, T. and Ahmed, S. (2014) Energy Scenario: Production, Consumption and Prospect of Renewable Energy in Australia. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2, 19-25. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2014.24004.

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