BAE finds that as the production of intermittent generation increases, the costs of integrating intermittent supply increase rapidly.

BAEconomics has built and uses a set of computable general equilibrium models for its work with clients and its independent research. This documentation sets out the general structure of these models.

BAE finds that plantation development has currently stalled in Australia and in the absence of new investment mechanism for plantations, based on current trends Australia will be increasingly reliant on imports of timber projects to meet the growing demand for domestic consumption.