Telstra says it’s too big to go ‘off grid’ to reach 100% renewable energy target

Australia's largest telco will instead focus on pumping power back into the network from the new $120m Crookwell 3 windfarm in NSW

The Telstra CEO, Andy Penn, has said the company is too big to go off-grid" in its pursuit of using 100% renewable energy, meaning it must invest in returning renewable energy to the grid to achieve its goal.

Australia's largest telecommunications company has towers, exchanges, data centres and a network of 50,000km of fibre running across the country. It accounts for around 1% of all of Australia's energy production and is the 14th biggest electricity user in Australia.