Regional Energy Transitions in Australia
From Impossible to Possible
- 160 pages
- English
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Regional Energy Transitions in Australia
From Impossible to Possible
About this book
This book provides an accessible and critical appraisal of Australia's regional energy transition initiatives.
The book begins by situating Australian energy transition in the context of Australian and international debates about climate change and energy transition. It then explores how energy transition planning was made possible in Australia's regional energy heartlands even while public transition planning was impossible. The authors consider five case studies of key early transition initiatives in the Latrobe Valley (Victoria), Hunter Valley (NSW), Central Queensland (Queensland), Port Augusta (South Australia) and Collie (Western Australia). They explore how transition came onto the agenda and outline the key actors, decision points and actions. The authors critically assess the successes and failures of each initiative, drawing out key learnings for other regions. The book concludes by evaluating the key cross-cutting themes emerging from the five case studies and draws out the lessons they teach about how to achieve a just transition.
This concise book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, climate action, social justice, economic renewal and regional transition challenges and strategies, both in Australia and overseas.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsement Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- 1 Creating just regional energy transitions: Key challenges and debates in Australia
- 2 Energy transition in Port Augusta, South Australia
- 3 The transition of the Latrobe Valley, Victoria
- 4 Centring Country and community in the transition of Collie, Western Australia
- 5 Energy transition in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales1
- 6 From carbon capital to renewable energy superpower: Transforming the industrial hub of Gladstone, Central Queensland1
- 7 Making regional energy transitions possible and making them just: Lessons from recent Australian experience
- Index