Research on Annual Energy Usage in Australia and Development of Sustainable Plan for Generating Renewable Energy Based on the Annual Usage

PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Research on Annual Energy Usage in Australia and Development of
Sustainable Plan for Generating Renewable Energy Based on the
Annual Usage
Name: Vinith Kumar Proddutur
Student Id: 12048805
Unit: BUSN20019 Professional Project
Assessment: Assessment 1.2 Project proposal.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
2. Aim and Research Questions.......................................................................................................3
3. Preliminary Critical Literature Review.......................................................................................3
4. Plan for the Research...................................................................................................................6
4.1 Research Methodology..........................................................................................................6
4.2 Data Analysis.........................................................................................................................6
4.3 Research Schedule with Gantt Chart.....................................................................................6
5. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................9
References........................................................................................................................................9
Appendix........................................................................................................................................12

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1. Introduction
Energy is the most important and valuable resource in the world that is used to drive all
the daily mechanisms and utilities. Energy is generally produced or derived from various sources
and without enough energy, the entire world will stop functioning. Currently, the main sources of
energy around the world are the fossil fuels (petrol, diesel, etc.) that are non-renewable and
cannot be reused once they are combusted to generate energy (Bilgen, 2014). However, these
energy sources have been growing reasons for concern as the combustion of these fuels generates
huge amounts of toxic and greenhouse gases that pollute the earth atmosphere. Furthermore, the
sources of these fuels are quickly depleting and it has been estimated that there will not be any
fuel left in the world in four or five decades (Holmberg et al., 2014). Hence, research activities
have been issued to develop suitable plan for generating energy from renewable sources that will
also help preventing pollution of the atmosphere. Australia has been one of the leading nations
who have been looking for generating sustainable amount of energy from renewable sources to
minimize the use of fossil fuels. As alternatives, sights have been set on the generating
sustainable amount of energy from solar power as well as other energy sources like hydro,
thermal and others.
This research focuses on the energy usage statistics in Australia in the past five years to
determine the energy requirements of the country in the next few years. Accordingly, research
will be conducted on the alternative sources of energy that are being used by the country as well
as the future plans to generate more renewable energy in the coming decades.

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2. Aim and Research Questions
The main aim of this research is to study energy usage statistics in Australia in the past
few years to determine the energy demands of the country. Accordingly, further research will be
conducted in order to identify the existing renewable sources of energy as well as the future
sources of energy (e.g. solar) that will be exploited to supply energy to the country in a few
decades.
The research questions are hereby developed as follows.
RQ 1: What is the relationship between annual energy usage in Australia and the amount
of energy generated through non-renewable energy sources?
(Secondary Data Source:
https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/energy-data/australian-energy-statistics)
RQ 2: What is the amount of annual energy generation from renewable sources in
Australia in the last 5 years and what percentage of Australian energy demands is fulfilled by this
energy?
(Secondary Data Source:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?
readform&view=productsbytopic&Action=Expand&Num=2.2.4)
RQ 3: How much renewable energy can Australia generate in the next 5 years?
(Secondary Data Source: