PERTH, Wednesday 22 October 2025 — A new report released today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Springmount Advisory shows for the first time how Western Australia can slash emissions by 90% across four major sectors by 2050, and become a global renewable energy powerhouse, by rapidly scaling up investment in green energy and industry.
Power Shift: WA’s Electrified Future provides the first comprehensive timeline for the phase out of fossil fuels, including gas, in the state, while transforming WA’s economy, lowering household power bills, and supporting the green jobs and industries of the future.
The report provides detailed policy level solutions to achieving these ambitions across key sectors including electricity, industry, transport and agriculture.
Crucially, the report reveals WA does not need to open any new gas fields to meet its energy needs, and can phase out gas as existing fields and plants reach end of life.
Key findings:
- WA can take a massive share of Australia’s green future opportunity but it must act decisively to build industries at scale to compete.
- With the right policy settings, the state can reduce emissions by 90% by 2050 across four key industries, growing its economy and playing a leading role in global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5C.
- This transformation would require roughly only a third of the investment that has flowed to developing WA’s gas export facilities in recent decades ($74.3 billion over the next 25 years).
- The final gas powered generator in Western Australia could close by 2046, with gas only required to supply 1% of WA’s electricity by 2035.
With the right policy levers, Western Australia can reduce emissions in line with 1.5C, by:
- Increasing EV uptake by 3.8% on average each year to reach 99% of total vehicles being electric by 2049.
- Rolling out renewables at almost 10 times their current annual rate in the next four years.
Geoff Bice, WA Campaign Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “For the first time, this report sets out a clear path to our green future. With our skilled workforce, industrial base and abundant wind and solar resources, Western Australia is in prime position to seize the opportunities of the clean energy transition, and become a global renewable energy powerhouse.
“But we need to act quickly and decisively. Our trading partners and the rest of the world are already moving away from fossil fuels and investing in the clean industries of the future — and Western Australia needs to move with it.
“The report definitively shows we don’t need new gas. By focusing investment in renewable energy, WA can maintain its economic security, while also delivering enormous benefits for our community — creating secure jobs, strengthening regional economies, and building a cleaner, more resilient future for the State.”
Tom Quinn, Managing Director at Springmount Advisory, said: “Western Australia is trailing the rest of Australia in its renewable energy rollout, meanwhile our export partners are rapidly reducing their reliance on coal and gas.
“With massive reductions in the cost of wind and solar power over the past decade, there is no reason why WA shouldn’t be charging ahead into the green energy future, and away from fossil fuels of the past.
“An ambitious strategy to diversify and decarbonise the state economy is the key to unlock future economic prosperity, attract new industries and drive down the cost of living.”
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