By: Andy Colthorpe There’s still a disconnect between what’s achievable and what is actually being achieved in the drive to decarbonise. Despite a boom in renewable energy generation, Australia’s government line is instead commitment to “a gas-fired recovery”. Lillian Patterson, director of energy transformation at the national Clean Energy Council, told Andy Colthorpe why economics and the environment clearly indicate that it's time to leave fossil fuels behind. This is an extract of an article which appeared in Vol.27 of PV Tech Power, Solar Media's quarterly technical journal for the downstream solar industry. Every edition includes 'Storage & Smart Power,' a dedicated section contributed by the team at Energy-Storage.news.