I need help creating a thesis and an outline on Renewable Energy in Australia. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. It has been reported by the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (2014, p.1) that Australia possesses immense energy resources, being a worldwide leader in coal and uranium deposits and one of the major energy exporters: “This globally significant resource base is capable of meeting both domestic and increased export demand for coal and gas, and uranium exports, during the next several decades». However, apart from vast non-renewable energy resources and especially those insured by fossil fuels, the country has a great potential for renewable energy production that can be realized due to a relatively stable political background and sound technological progress dynamics. The country already makes use of various renewable energy sources and works on the further transition to this type of energetics.

Renewable Energy Overview

Sparked by the worldwide debates on the greenhouse effect and the anthropogenic nature of global warming caused by a high level of CO2 emissions, the policy of the Australian government has been focusing on active development and cultivation of the vast renewable energy resources possessed by the continent. Renewable energy resources are presented in the rich diversity in Australia: solar, wind, hydro, tidal, wave, geothermal, and bioenergy. Some of them are rather developed and have been successfully applied, others are underdeveloped and need attention to ensure the country’s ‘safe’ energy supplies in the future. Considering the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions and emission quotas introduced by the Kyoto protocol, the government has adopted the course of transition and transformation of Australia’s energetics in order to enhance the efficiency of energy extraction and use. Therefore, although renewable sources still account for a rather small share of energy supplies (bioenergy, solar and wind produced only 6% of Australian electricity in 2013 (US Energy Information Administration, 2013), the prospects envisioned by the government are rather promising. Wind, solar, and bioenergy are the most developed renewable energy resources, which have been growing the fastest since 2000.