Fossil fuel still carries the heavy weight of power generation on its shoulders in Australia regardless of how many pretty coloured charts you put up''Total electricity generation in Australia remained steady in 2023 with an estimated 273,106 gigawatt hours (GWh) generated.
Renewable sources contributed an estimated 95,963 GWh, making up 35% of Australia’s total electricity generation, up 3 percentage points on the share in 2022.
The largest source of renewable generation was solar (16% of total generation) followed by wind (12%) and hydro (6%).
Fossil fuel sources contributed 177,142 GWh (65 per cent) of total electricity generation in 2023, down 3 percentage points on 2022.
Coal accounted for the largest share of electricity generation, at 46% of total generation in 2023, down from 47% in 2022.
These statistics cover all electricity generation in Australia, including by power plants and by businesses and households for their own use. ''
https://www.energy.gov.au/publications/australian-energy-statistics-table-o-electricity-generation-fuel-type-2022-23-and-2023#:~:text=Total%20electricity%20generation%20in%20Australia,on%20the%20share%20in%202022.
