"We can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower," said the centre-left Labor Party leader.
Albanese has promised to cut carbon emissions by 43 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, boost renewables, offer discounts for electric cars, and help build community-owned solar power and battery projects.
His party also plans to tighten up a mechanism to ensure polluters keep their emissions below historical levels.
But Labor has made no promise to close coal mines in the fossil fuel-dependent nation.
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