The report, Progress in 2017: Delivering Australia's 2020 Renewable Energy Target, covers the operations of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (the Act) for the 2017 calendar year.
The report has been prepared in accordance with Section 105 of the Act and was tabled in Parliament on 12 June 2018.
The report provides information about the Clean Energy Regulator's administration of the Act and how the Renewable Energy Target is performing against its legislated objectives, which are:
- to encourage additional generation of electricity from renewable sources
- to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the electricity sector, and
- to ensure generation of electricity from ecologically sustainable renewable energy sources.
It also includes the Renewable Energy Target 2017 Annual statement.
Progress in 2017 Delivering Australia's 2020 Renewable Energy Target
Downloadable versions of the data used to inform this report are available for your convenience: