CANBERRA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The renewable energy strategy of Australia's Northern Territory has been named the worst out of any Australian jurisdiction for the fifth year running.
According to the Climate Council's annual "State of Play" report, the latest version of which was published on Monday, only 4 percent of the NT's energy currently comes from renewable sources.
It represents a 2-percent increase in the two years since the NT government committed to a renewable energy target of 50 percent by 2030.
The Climate Council's Greg Bourne told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the government's commitment to supporting growth in onshore fracking and gas exports contradicted its renewable energy commitment.
"This is a real problem, not only for the Northern Territory and Western Australia but other states as well, and indeed other countries," he said.
"Pushing fossil fuel exports and at the same time enunciating that they are going to try and reduce emissions, the two things become incompatible.
"That incompatibility will be shown more starkly as the years go by."
South Australia (SA), the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Tasmania led the nation in the uptake of renewable energy.
According to the report the ACT was on track to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by the start of 2020, becoming the eighth jurisdiction in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to do so.
Bourne said that progress on renewable energy is being driven by state and territory governments rather than the federal government.
"We need to be facing forward, not facing backwards," he said.
