Greenpeace this week put forward its picture of Australia’s energy future, with the release of a report that calls for the total elimination of the local coal industry by 2030.

The report – entitled Australia’s Energy Revolution – calls for greater investment in renewable technologies inlcuding solar, wind, geo-thermal and ocean power.

Greenpeace contends that Australia could produce 40% of its energy needs from renewables, and in the process address what it calls ‘the single biggest contributor to Australia’s greenhouse-gas emissions’.

2ser’s Glyn Cryer spoke to Julien Vincent, one of the report’s authors.