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Will our power generation landscape look drastically different in 15 years’ time or will coal still be king? In the most in-depth study of its kind, The Australian Power Generation Technology Report released on Thursdayprovidesthe building blocks for policy makers and power professionals to make informed decisions about Australia's future power generation mix. Produced by CO2CRC in collaboration with the CSIRO, Federal Government agencies, leading universities and a total of 45 industry and other parties, the report provides an unbiased view of the levelised cost of electricity now and in 2030, comparing 11 electricity generation sources - including coal, nuclear, natural gas and renewables -  against seven factors. Join us for this online news briefing where those involved in the report will take us through the findings and Australia’s electricity future.

SPEAKERS:

• Tania Constable, Chief Executive, CO2CRC and report chair
• Dr Geoff Bongers, Executive Consultant, Gamma Energy Technology and project leader of the report’s technical contributors

DATE: Thursday 26 November 2015
START TIME: 11am AEDT
DURATION: Approx 45 min
VENUE: Online

Date issued: 25 November 2015    AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Time

NB:  The AusSMC generally runs two different types of media briefings:
NEWS BRIEFINGS – Where new research or data will be released as part of the briefing
BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS – Where experts discuss an issue which is in the news or an issue we consider newsworthy, but no new research or data is being released