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Australia's Energy Crisis and Solutions

   

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Running head: INVESTIGATING ENERGY CRISIS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Investigating Energy Crisis And Proposed Solutions Name of the Student Name of the University Author Note
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1INVESTIGATING ENERGY CRISIS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONSExecutive SummaryThe report is aimed to investigate on the energy crisis in Australia and take into account theproposed solutions for coming out of the situation. Australia has always been a country, richin energy but the exports of Liquefied Natural Gas had been in such large amounts thatpeople expected Australia to soon take over Qatar, within a few years. This had resulted inpeople of Australia suffering the consequences, through the energy crisis. Due to the increasein exports from fresh LNG facilities in eastern part of Australia, some state governments hadlet to the closure of some aging coal plants and pushed themselves to invest in renewableenergy for environmental safety. This had forced regions to rely on gas for power, especiallywhen intermittent sources of wind and solar were not sufficient. The crisis had seenauthorities come up with proposed solutions, which could bring relief to the people ofAustralia.
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2INVESTIGATING ENERGY CRISIS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONSTable of Contents1.Introduction.........................................................................................................................3i) Background of this Study...................................................................................................3a) Aim of the research............................................................................................................3b) Scope of the Project...........................................................................................................4c) Research Methodology......................................................................................................4d) Expected Valuable Outcome.............................................................................................4e) Report Structure.................................................................................................................52.Literature Review...............................................................................................................5i)Power generation sources................................................................................................5ii)Power generation impact on the environment.............................................................6iii)Overview of non-renewable alternatives.....................................................................6iv)Synopsis of power generation in Australia..................................................................6v)Future and forthcoming alternatives............................................................................6vi)Nuclear power plants implementation issues..............................................................6vii)Smart grid technology implementation.......................................................................7viii)Environmental Policy affiliated issues........................................................................8ix)Economic expediency of alternative power generation sources..................................83.Conclusion..........................................................................................................................94.References.........................................................................................................................10
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3INVESTIGATING ENERGY CRISIS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS1.Introduction i) Background of this StudyThe report looks into the energy crisis which Australia faced due to their export of LiquefiedNatural Gas to other countries, in large numbers. So, in one point of time the country wasknown to be an energy rich nation, gradually the scenario had started to change. They wereleft with insufficient energy to keep the citizens comfortable during heat wave, which hadseen temperatures rising to 105 degrees on the southern coast (Amin 2013). This had resultedin an increase in demand for air-conditioners and their inability to fulfil the demands, maderegulators approach Pelican Point, a local gas-fuelled station, which was running in halfcapacity for rescuing the situation. Power was cut for close to 90000 homes in Adelaide inorder to prevent a wider blackout. The solutions to this crisis were proposed by the experts,through storage of technology, improving the connection between states, a portion of gas tobe kept aside for domestic purposes and ensure a significantly sophisticated grid management(Bahadori and Nwaoha 2013). a) Aim of the research The aim of the research is to find out the reasons behind the acute energy crisis inAustralia and look for the proposed solutions to come out of the situation. Australia, despitebeing an energy rich country, ran short of the required energy to meet the demands of theirown people, which had led to sufferings. This was due to the exports of LNG from Australiato other countries in substantial amounts, without putting the proper measures in place to takecare of their own countrymen (Coyle and Simmons 2014). The proposed solutions to comeout of the situation were to preserve technology through storage, seeking improvement inconnection between different states and most importantly by keeping a proportion of gas fordomestic purposes.
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