Queensland to run its coal plants up to a decade longer than previously planned

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : About 65% of the state's electricity in the past year came from coal, followed by solar (20%) and wind (6%).
54% : The Queensland treasurer and energy minister, David Janetzki, revealed an "energy roadmap" on Friday and said some state-owned coal assets would run until at least 2046, "meaning coal will be part of the state's generation mix for decades".
54% : "Despite the decision to remove renewable energy targets, the roadmap relies upon up to 6.8 gigawatts of new wind and solar and 3.8GW of storage by 2030," she said.
51% : Nicole Forrester, of WWF-Australia, said the government had released a roadmap "to more fires, floods and heatwaves, and more mass bleaching events for the Great Barrier Reef". "Keeping coal and delaying climate action will also mean more hip pocket pain for Queenslanders as extreme weather becomes more frequent and intense."
43% : The minister confirmed the government had no plans to repeal the state's legislated target to cut emissions by 75% by 2035, but did not explain how running coal for longer would affect those efforts.
43% : "Extending coal, which is already unreliable and expensive, means more outages, higher bills and less investment in cheap renewable alternatives, like wind and solar backed by batteries.

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