School coal boilers replacement programme

What happened

$10m co-funding (plus MoE $10m) to replace all remaining coal boilers in state schools with biomass or electric heating by 2025 (~180 schools; ~35,400 t CO2e reduction over 10 years estimated).

Why it matters

Direct public-sector decarbonisation of school heating.

Impact assessment

Concrete sectoral emissions reduction; modest absolute scale.

Scale: ~$20m total; ~3,540 t CO2e/yr estimated

Attribution

shared (high confidence) -Labour, Greens

Climate Minister Shaw; State Sector Decarbonisation Fund allocation.

Coalition period: Labour-led government (Greens confidence & supply) (17 October 2020 - 26 November 2023)

Categories

Sources

• Beehive - All coal boilers to be removed from schools
• EECA - School coal boiler replacement