Holding up a lump of coal in the federal parliament in 2017, Australia’s then soon-to-be prime minister Scott Morrison said the fossil fuel was integral to a “certain energy future.” Yet the capital city he stood in was almost 100% powered by wind and the sun.
This goal was reached in 2020 when the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) — home to the nation’s half a million-strong capital, Canberra — had enough renewable electricity to make coal and gas obsolete.
