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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee

Queensland energy minister says renewable generation capacity must be tripled by 2035

Queensland energy minister Mick de Brenni says the state ‘will need 25GW of renewable energy generation projects’ by 2035.
Queensland energy minister Mick de Brenni says the state ‘will need 25GW of renewable energy generation projects’ by 2035. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The Queensland energy minister, Mick de Brenni, says the state needs to triple its renewable energy generation capacity by 2035 – transforming the energy sector by building some of the world’s largest industrial-scale green projects.

De Brenni’s speech to the Smart Energy Conference in Brisbane on Wednesday was the first significant insight into the state’s future energy blueprint, set for release in the coming months.

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