Currently, around 96 per cent of the electricity consumed by Victoria is generated from fossil fuels, with brown coal - the filthiest of fossil fuels - accounting for 90%. The burning of brown coal for electricity generation by facilities such as Hazelwood power station has such a huge environmental impact that it produces around 55 per cent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
A meagre 3.9 per cent of Victoria’s electricity generation comes from renewable energy sources, including solar power.
