Coal and gas-fired power plants will stay open for longer under the Coalition’s $330 billion nuclear transition plan.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has pledged to build seven publicly-owned nuclear power plants across the country, with predictions the first will come online from the mid-to-late 2030s — a timeline rubbished by some experts.
Renewables would make up just over half of Australia’s energy grid by 2050, with nuclear accounting for just under 40 per cent and the rest a combination of storage and gas, according to snippets of the plan released ahead of its full release.
Labor’s plan is to boost renewables to 80 per cent of the grid by 2030.
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