Today (Friday 10th October 2025), as telegraphed ahead of time, the State LNP Government has released its ‘Queensland Energy Roadmap 2025’ as the replacement for the prior Labor Government’s ‘Queensland Energy & Jobs Plan’ from 2022;
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I was a little surprised to see that the PDF of the Roadmap was only 56 pages (but then I see that the older QEJP was about the same length):
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(A) Also from the Government:
We also noted the following:
1) Via LinkedIn today, Minister David Janetzki posted this update and video:
(B) News Media commentary about the Queensland Energy Plan
So far today I have come across commentary in a range of places, including the following:
1) In the AFR we have seen…
(a) Ryan Cropp wrote ‘Queensland to build new gas plant, run coal into 2050s’ on Friday morning 10th October.
2) In the Australian we have seen …
(a) Sarah Elks wrote ‘Queensland to double gas power, setting collision course with Chris Bowen’ on Friday morning 10th October.
3) In RenewEconomy we have seen …
(a) Giles Parkinson wrote ‘Queensland LNP to keep “ageing coal clunkers” online for decades, signals effective stop to new wind and solar’ on Friday 10th October.
4) In the ABC we have seen …
(a) Rachel Stewart wrote ‘Queensland government to set up $400m energy investment fund’ on Friday morning 10th October.
5) In the Guardian we have seen …
(a) To come
6) In The Energy we have seen …
(a) To come
As a reader here, if you come across any other useful commentary, feel free to add as a comment below.
(C) Other notes on social media
If we see anything (that we think is) particularly insightful on Social Media (and we have the time!) we’ll look to note it here:
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I note sync condensers in the mix. They obviously have some doubts about grid forming inverters being able to completely meet grid strength needs. I wonder what their black start plan is?