Wind, solar and batteries could solely fuel Australia's electricity system within 12 years under a proposal to power all the nation's homes and businesses with renewable energy.
The ambitious plan was launched in Melbourne on Thursday on behalf of six Australian environment organisations working to move the nation to clean energy.
"Australia has some of the best wind and solar resources in the world and technical capacity to meet its electricity needs with 100 per cent clean energy by 2030, let's get on with it," lead report author Nicky Ison said.
"The plan has the level of ambition required to rapidly slash pollution from Australia's electricity sector, set the nation up as a clean energy export superpower and ensure all Australians can access affordable clean energy."
The plan aims to build large-scale wind, solar and batteries through clean energy auctions, have a Senate inquiry into the clean energy supply chain to find renewable jobs and grow a renewable exports industry.
A centre would be established to support industry to use clean energy and lower energy bills, while laws would also be reintroduced to improve how large-energy using businesses identify clean energy opportunities.
The proposal aims to create fifty hubs across the country to give information, support community projects and roll-out clean energy programs for renters and low-income households as well.
It also proposes an energy service company for low-income households to ensure their bills go down, through access to clean energy, with minimum energy standards set, and indigenous communities would help co-design a clean power program.
The goals don't end there, with hopes to cut all of Australia's climate pollution - from driving a car, manufacturing, to taking a flight - by 2050.
Environmentalist and report co-author Bill McKibben says the federal government's proposed National Energy Guarantee and "woefully inadequate pollution reduction targets" locked in polluting coal for decades.
