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The 10 Gigawatt Vision

The 10 Gigawatt Vision

Powering jobs and investment in the Northern Territory

June 2019

Charging NT's economy

The Northern Territory faces an uncertain future with climate change, fossil fuel dependency, and insecure employment. Luckily, the Territory's advantages in renewable energy make it primed for big new ideas. The 10 Gigawatt Vision shows how repowering minerals mining, manufacturing, and industry with 100% renewable energy will create 8,000+ jobs and increase annual revenue by over $2 billion by 2030.

A bright new future

The 10 Gigawatt Vision outlines the jobs, investment and policy direction needed to secure a clean, healthy and vibrant renewable-powered future for Territorians. It shows a sustainable alternative to economic strategies based on fossil fuels and can benefit everyone - from jobs in new and existing industries to reduced cost of living and repowering remote communities.

A bright new future

The 10 Gigawatt Vision outlines the jobs, investment and policy direction needed to secure a clean, healthy and vibrant renewable-powered future for Territorians. It shows a sustainable alternative to economic strategies based on fossil fuels and can benefit everyone - from jobs in new and existing industries to reduced cost of living and repowering remote communities.

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The opportunity

By pursuing the 10 Gigawatt Vision, the Northern Territory can put renewable energy at the centre of a sustainable growth strategy that creates:

8,000

new jobs

$2B

annual revenue by 2030

80%

savings in household transport bills

30%

savings in household electricity bills

Industry leaders support this research

Ten gigawatts is 10 times the Territory’s current electricity generation capacity, and 20-plus times the renewable capacity foreseen by the NT’s current renewable energy target. The construction and operation of large-scale renewable energy will itself create a major industry - and be an enabler for new industry activities such as renewable hydrogen, renewable energy exports and renewable powered manufacturing.
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10 Gigawatt Vision's recommendations:

1. Launch 10 Gigawatt Vision with an ambitious plan and marketing strategy

2. Progress a wide range of technologies to support building 10 gigawatts of renewables in the NT

3. Set up a business renewables service matching renewable energy providers with customers, including larger organisations such as mines

4. Establish 100% renewable remote communities and support Indigenous owned renewable enterprises

5. Create incentives and programs for 100% renewable manufacturing

6. Set targets for mines to transition to 100% renewable energy, including electric machinery and vehicles

7. Create incentives for downstream processing of minerals within the Northern Territory

8. Plan and fund supporting infrastructure

9. Reform mining regulation to ensure both efficient decision-making and igher standards of environmental and cultural heritage protection

10. Lobby for federal support for the 10 Gigawatt Vision

Traditional owners integral to 10 Gigawatt's success

The 10 Gigawatt Vision relies in part on the vastness of the Northern Territory, and the owners of the land will be integral to its success. Around half of the Territory is owned and managed by Traditional Owners, with more than 250,000 km2 of land and water subject to native title determinations. An economic development strategy based on renewable energy must place Indigenous people at its centre.

The 10 Gigawatt Vision outlines how remote communities can participate in and share in the revenues of renewable energy systems sited on their land. There will also be opportunities for Aboriginal-owned enterprises to install and operate community energy systems or use renewable energy to power small-scale businesses.

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