City Of Sydney Announces 100% Renewable Energy Target

The City of Sydney, on Australia’s east coast, announced last week that it intends to further cut its greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning to 100% renewable energy to meet all its electricity needs starting next year. Sydney had already set significant climate targets for itself, including a 50% renewable electricity target by 2030 and a 70% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, moving to net-zero emissions by 2050, but with the City’s existing energy contract set to expire at the end of 2019, it decided to dive “head first into Sydney’s renewable future” by increasing its renewable electricity target to 100%. Specifically, Sydney will purchase only 100% renewable energy that’s generated by wind or solar starting next year, with new contracts to be negotiated over the next few months.