In Search Of Sustainable Solutions

IN AN UNCERTAIN ENERGY LANDSCAPE, GREG COLUMBUS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CLARKE ENERGY AUSTRALIA, COMMITS TO PROVIDING A RELIABLE ENERGY SOURCE.

- Jennifer Sijnja

Australia’s move towards the adoption of renewable energies is stymied by a lack of bipartisan support, says Clarke Energy Australia’s Managing Director Greg Columbus. “Australia has struggled with a renewable energy policy for probably a decade,” he says, “and one thing the market’s starting to understand is that what is certain is the continued uncertainty of where we stand.”

The government came close to gaining an adequate level of support during the Rudd era, he continues. “But we’ve never really cracked that nut, and I’d be surprised if we get any certain energy policy until we see some systemic changes to the whole macro-political framework.” In the meantime, it’s business as usual, and Greg notes that, in bridging the gap between coal and renewable energies, “the market’s just being efficient – it’s working itself out”.