The Clean Energy Council, the peak body for Australia’s renewable energy industry, congratulates the Australian Labor Party on a decisive and historic victory at the 2025 election - a vote of confidence by the Australian people in the nation’s clean energy future.
Clean Energy Council Chief Executive, Kane Thornton, said the re-election of the Albanese Government provides continuity for strong and effective policy that is critical to underpin new investment in clean energy that will in turn deliver lower power prices for all Australians.
This election was a referendum on renewable energy. The Australian people have reconfirmed their strong support for wind and solar backed by batteries, pumped hydro and a small amount of gas.Kane Thornton Clean Energy Council Chief Executive
“It’s now time to leave the politics behind and get on with the job of rolling out renewable energy to deliver affordable and reliable power for all Australians.
“We look forward to working with the Albanese Government and the next Australian Parliament to ensure strong, stable and effective policy for the transition to clean energy” he said.
Since the Labor Government was elected in 2022, significant progress has been made in accelerating the nation’s clean energy transition, underpinned by a range of policies including the Capacity Investment Scheme, accelerating the upgrade of Australia’s electricity networks and passing the Future Made in Australia Act.
We look forward to working closely with the Government to ensure these policies maximise investor certainty and deliver lower power prices and enormous benefits to communities throughout rural and regional Australia. This also includes ensuring the effective design and implementation of the Government’s promised Cheaper Home Batteries rebate program, much-needed reform to environment and planning laws and reform to the energy market to ensure clearer incentives for new investment, including for long duration energy storage.Kane Thornton Clean Energy Council Chief Executive
Thornton called for the need to continue working together to educate and engage the public. The Clean Energy Council launched a public information campaign, Clean energy works for Australia, earlier this year, aimed at helping to tackle growing mis and dis-information about the clean energy transition and technologies.
“Since the beginning of this year we’ve shared the facts and reached millions of Australians through organic media, paid and social media platforms and we must continue this work,” Mr Thornton said.
“It is clear that Australians were hungry for fact-based information throughout the 2025 election campaign, with tens of thousands of Australians visiting the Energy Fact Check website searching for answers to questions around ‘reliability’ and ‘cost’ of renewables – as the two most commonly sought-after fact-checks,” he said.
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Liam Straughan
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