Strategic advice

ATSE’s submission provides analysis on opportunities to advance Australia’s critical minerals industry so that it delivers greater economic value through developing midstream and downstream processing while benefiting regional communities and Traditional Owners through a robust social licence framework.

Developing new policy settings for renewable residential energy for apartments, rented dwellings and social housing is crucial to furthering Australia’s net zero transition.

ATSE’s submission recommends anticipating challenges including planning delays and integration of consumer energy resources. The submission also encourages a technology-neutral approach including considering the possibility of future energy technologies and the impact of liquid fuels.

ATSE’s submission argues that different charging technologies for EVs are required in different situations and that opting for a mix of chargers at different speeds can provide choice and reduce the cost the EV infrastructure.

ATSE’s submission responds to three of the five consultation opportunities from the Productivity Commission (building a skilled and adaptable workforce, harnessing data and digital technology and, investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation). 

Renewable hydrogen has tremendous potential to support new and established industries in Australia and Japan.

This explainer outlines the technological and policy levers available to government and the energy sector to give people more choice over power use when it comes to energy demand and supply.

Nuclear power may be an option for Australia in the coming decades, potentially occupying a supportive niche, providing dispatchable power in a high-renewables grid. While not presupposing the suitability of nuclear power for Australia, ATSE suggests that all technology options should be considered as part of Australia’s urgent decarbonisation project.

Engineers Australia and ATSE support a review of energy planning and regulation. Energy planning and regulation must balance the power systems' physical requirements, the best interests of the end users and market considerations.