Table 1: Australian Electricity Generation

From: Green Finance in Australia and New Zealand

	1990–91	1995–96	2000–01	2005–06	2010–11	2015–16	2016
Black coal	57.16	59.78	60.04	55.93	46.12	44.40	44.72
Brown coal	23.02	22.22	23.35	23.43	21.81	18.96	18.21
Natural gas	6.88	7.01	7.72	9.76	19.32	19.63	18.48
Renewables	10.77	9.40	7.98	9.34	10.46	14.82	16.28
Other	2.17	1.58	0.91	1.54	2.29	2.20	2.31
	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	NT
Coal	76.95	84.66	73.39	28.76	10.90	0.00	0.00
Natural gas	5.10	3.03	18.35	55.03	41.22	7.58	82.00
Oil	0.46	0.25	1.75	9.16	1.32	0.65	15.75
Hydro	10.07	1.96	0.75	0.52	0.05	80.43	0.00
Other RE	7.42	10.10	5.76	6.53	46.52	11.34	2.26

NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria, QLD Queensland, WA Western Australia, SA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, NT Northern Territory, RE renewable energy.
The top panel is the percentage mix by type of generation over time; the bottom panel is by state. Due to rounding, totals may not equal 100%. In the bottom panel Other RE includes bagasse (wood), biogas, wind, solar PV, and geothermal.
Compiled from DoEE 2017.

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