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Australia accelerates renewables shift to boost energy security
Black coal supplied 37.5 percent of Australia’s electricity in 2025, down from about 80 percent in 2000, as the Renewable Energy Target seeks more renewables through 2030.
Australia is pushing to diversify its energy mix and reduce reliance on coal, a move aimed at improving long term energy self sufficiency while supporting a green transition, according to OilPrice.
The country faces a large ageing coal fleet, leaving policymakers to decide whether to expand coal output or further shift toward cleaner sources to enhance energy security.
OilPrice notes that black coal accounted for 37.5 percent of Australia’s electricity generation in 2025, while brown coal contributed 12.1 percent, with coal playing a much larger role around 2000 when it supplied roughly 80 percent overall.
In 2024, Australia launched the Renewable Energy Target (RET), which targets an additional 33,000 gigawatt hours of renewable electricity each year from 2020 to 2030, as firms invest across a wider range of energy sources.