The power outlook in Australia

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dc.contributor.authorAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-11T03:55:15Zen_AU
dc.date.available2025-12-11T03:55:15Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1965en_AU
dc.date.statistics2025-12-06en_AU
dc.descriptionPhysical copy held by ANSTO Library at DDC: 631.48/128en_AU
dc.description.abstractIn Australia electricity is generated mainly in thermal power stations. Coal is the main fuel used in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. Relatively small quantities of other fuels, mainly fuel oil, are used in these States. Hydroelectric plant provides all electricity in the island of Tasmania. Comparatively small hydro-stations are operating in Queensland, and large ones are in use in New South Wales and Victoria. The latter States will receive increasing quantities of power from further development of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme. Generation and supply is largely under the control of central statutory bodies in each State which produce 97 per cent of the electricity consumed. The balance is produced by local authorities in remote towns using mainly diesel generating plant. Relevant details of the electricity industry are shown in Table 1. In most developed countries the utilization of electricity during the last few decades has increased some 7 to 8 per cent annually, and thus energy generated has doubled approximately every ten years. Australian requirements have increased greatly in recent decades, as shown in Table 2. Post-war industrial expansion, a rise in the living standard, and increase in population have resulted in a higher rate of electricity consumption than in many other developed countries. The average annual increase in electricity generated over the last decade was 9.7 per cent and it is expected that this trend will be followed for many years ahead.en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitleProceedings of the third international conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy; held in Geneva 31 August - 9 September 1964 (Multilingual ed)en_AU
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Atomic Energy Commission. (1965). The power outlook in Australia. Paper presented to the Third International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, 31 August - 8 September 1964. In International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy Geneva 1964 : (1965). Proceedings of the third international conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy; held in Geneva 31 August - 9 September 1964 (Multilingual ed). United Nations.en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate1964-09-09en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencenameThird International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energyen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceGenevaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate1964-08-31en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination161-169en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationNew York, USAen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/16772en_AU
dc.identifier.volume2en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherUnited Nationsen_AU
dc.subjectPoweren_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectThermal power plantsen_AU
dc.subjectCoalen_AU
dc.subjectNew South Walesen_AU
dc.subjectVictoriaen_AU
dc.subjectQueenslanden_AU
dc.subjectTasmaniaen_AU
dc.subjectWestern Australiaen_AU
dc.subjectHydroelectric poweren_AU
dc.subjectEnergyen_AU
dc.subjectPopulation densityen_AU
dc.subjectEnergy consumptionen_AU
dc.subjectCoal reservesen_AU
dc.subjectNatural gasen_AU
dc.subjectPipelinesen_AU
dc.subjectNuclear poweren_AU
dc.titleThe power outlook in Australiaen_AU
dc.typeConference Paperen_AU
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