"Domestic gas will play an increasing role over coal in backing up the growing renewable energy sector over the next decade.
But, beyond that, cleaner technologies including concentrated solar thermal power, hydrogen and even small-scale nuclear reactors could be used instead.
The federal government's long-awaited technology road map, which charts a course towards a clean energy future, suggests gas, which it says is 10 per cent cleaner than coal, and pumped hydro are the preferred back-up options".
https://www.copyright link/politics/federal/gas-not-coal-to-shore-up-solar-wind-energy-20200520-p54umn
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