
Fran Baum
Fran Baum AO, FASSA, FAAHMS, FAHPA, LMPHAA is the Director|Stretton Health Equity, NHMRC Investigator Fellow School of Social Sciences, Stretton Institute at the University of Adelaide. Fran is Honorary Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Honorary Professor, Regnet, ANU, Canberra and a Member of the Advisory Council, People’s Health Movement.
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11 July 2021
South Australias impressive renewable energy transition
South Australia underwent a significant renewables transition under successive ALP governments from 2002 until 2018. In 2002 SA generated its electricity locally from brown coal and gas and imported around 30% of its annual needs from Victoria where brown coal production dominated. There was no production from renewables. Jump to 2018, when the ALP lost office after 16 years, and the state was generating 52% of its electricity from renewables with the remainder from natural gas, with 3% of net annual production being exported east.