The pie charts illustrate energy sources in Australia in 2008 and anticipations for the 2030.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that the percentage of Hydro is the lowest in both years .In addition, the proportion of Gas is higher than that of Others in both periods.
In terms of 2008, Coal accounted for the largest share at 39%. The percentage of oil came to second close at 32.5%, and followed by Gas with 22.9%. The remaining figure for others with 4.3%, which was higher than 0.8% of Solar, 0.3% of Wind and 0.2 of Hydro.
Regarding 2030, Oil is predicted to the dominant position with 35.5%. In contrast, the data for Coal is expected to fall down 22.3%, while that for Gas will rise to second place with a significant increase to 32%. Notably, the figure for Others is forecast to remain unchanged and was equal to that for Geothermal, at 4.3%. Last but not least, the percentage of Wind and Hydro are predicted to grow to 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively.
