Shadow Energy Minister Dan Tehan said revoking offshore wind zones along the Hunter, Illawarra, Southern Ocean and Bunbury coasts would be part of the plan, to be outlined in an address to The Australian's energy summit.
"We will take a chainsaw to Labor's ideologically driven, energy-restrictive approach to energy," Mr Tehan said.
The Coalition also intends to repeal laws committing Australia to net zero emissions by 2050, remove the safeguard mechanism that requires major polluters to cut emissions, and scrap vehicle emissions standards designed to encourage more efficient and electric vehicles.
A Coalition government would also attempt to lift the prohibition on nuclear power, though that would require new laws to pass the Senate — where neither Labor nor the Greens currently support nuclear energy.
Mr Tehan was supportive of offshore wind when he joined Energy Minister Chris Bowen at the announcement of the Southern Ocean zone, but the party now says only two of Australia's six declared offshore wind zones — Gippsland in Victoria and Bass Strait in Tasmania — would remain open for investment.
The Coalition said it remained committed to addressing climate change but argued the cost of energy to households and industry should come first. The CSIRO has found that solar and wind power remain cheaper than coal even after accounting for transmission costs.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the Coalition's plan would damage the economy. "It will make Australia poorer, weaker and less secure from global shocks," Mr Bowen said. "Their plan to stop renewables and household batteries, and sweat coal, would mean Aussie households are left to pick up the bill of global shocks."
The Coalition also criticised the government's Capacity Investment Scheme, arguing it should not pick winners and should be allowed to underwrite coal, gas and nuclear power as well as renewables.