The world’s demand for energy continues to grow as populations increase, more people enter the middle classes and the use of energy-intensive technologies like AI grows.

The changing energy mix presents significant opportunities for Queensland’s resources export sector.

As the world navigates increasing demand for energy and international emissions reductions goals, Queensland’s energy commodities will continue to be highly sought after.

Demand is expected to remain strong for both thermal coal which provides affordable, reliable energy to complement renewables and a path out of poverty for millions around the world, and for the metallurgical coal needed to make steel for infrastructure like bridges and buildings and new energy infrastructure like wind turbines.

We believe a sustainable energy mix is needed to deliver reliable and affordable power now and into the future to support the transition to a decarbonised world.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), strong demand for coal remains and global consumption of coal has continued to rise.

Coal supplies just over a third of global electricity generation.