South Australia a prelude to nation’s energy future

Tuesday 19 August 2025

South Australia is held up as the nation’s renewable energy leader with the highest penetration of wind and solar generation in the nation.

South Australia shut down its last coal-fired power plant in 2016 and now generates more than 70% of its electricity from renewable sources, mainly wind and solar.

Source: AEMO

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.