Carbon Footprint Scenarios of Renewable Electricity

Australia's electricity sector is the largest carbon dioxide emitting industry and contributes to about one third of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE). Simultaneously, the Australian government targets a tremendous 80% reduction of GHGE by 2050 relative to 2010. With a large variety of low carbon technologies at hand, it seems indispensable that Australia's electricity sector be largely decarbonized by 2050 in order to achieve this target. In this work input-output based h...