The report, Tracking towards 2020: Encouraging renewable energy in Australia, covers the operations of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 for the 2016 calendar year.
The report has been prepared in accordance with Section 105 of the Act and was tabled in Parliament on 03 May 2017.
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 2016 Annual statement and supporting information about progress towards meeting the revised 2020 Large-scale Renewable Energy Target.
Tracking towards 2020: Encouraging renewable energy in Australia ( 23.03 MB pdf )Downloadable versions of the data used to inform this report are available for your convenience.
- Number of small-scale system installations since 2011
- Emissions intensive trade exposed activities in 2016
- Change in percentage of technology mix for estimated megawatt capacity
- Cumulative capacity of accredited large-scale renewable energy power stations since 2011
- Number of accredited large-scale renewable energy power stations since 2011
- Certificate shortfall surrender in 2016
- Validated large-scale generation certificates by source in 2016
- Validated small-scale technology certificates by renewable energy source