LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME

[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]


Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

Get weekly updates

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Paypal

Donate via Stripe

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

More wind and solar farms predicted for Orange 

Credit:  Expect to see more solar and wind farms on the landscape in next five years | Peter Holmes | Camden Haven Courier | November 10 2020 | www.camdencourier.com.au ~~

A boom in wind and solar farms is just around the corner, according to a NSW government plan that aims to attract $32 billion in private sector investment into renewable energy sources.

“I think there’s going to be a large amount of development in the Orange-Dubbo Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) over the next five to 10 years, hopefully sooner,” said the national coordinator for community group the Australian Wind Alliance, Andrew Bray.

“That’ll be a mix of construction of wind and solar, and potentially storage projects as well.

“It will be a real shot in the arm for the regional economy – going forward you’ll see ongoing jobs operating and maintaining those projects.”

The government claims more than 9,000 jobs and $32 billion of private investment is expected to roll into the regions by 2030, under its Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, released on Monday.

Deputy premier John Barilaro said the roadmap will deliver Australia’s first Renewable Energy Zones in the Central West and New England regions by 2030.

“The stimulus the Renewable Energy Zones will provide to regional communities will unlock over 9,000 new jobs and will be a huge boost to farmers and land owners, with $1.5 billion in lease payments expected to go to landholders hosting new infrastructure by 2042,” Mr Barilaro said.

He promised the roadmap “will make sure that renewables are developed where regional communities want them and where they are compatible with farming”.

Mr Bray said the lease payments to farmers were important “because that money paid to farmers goes back into the local economy with machinery, fencing and other things that farmers need to spend money on, and so that’s another local boost to the economy”.

“Coming out of this crisis, not only are we stimulating the economy to create jobs now, we are looking toward the reforms NSW needs to secure our future,” treasurer Dominic Perrottet said.

“This is a big productivity plus.

“The roadmap will help boost our energy security and deliver to NSW some of the cheapest prices in the OECD, cutting power bills for families.”

Source:  Expect to see more solar and wind farms on the landscape in next five years | Peter Holmes | Camden Haven Courier | November 10 2020 | www.camdencourier.com.au

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Funding
   Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)
Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI TG TG Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook

Wind Watch on Linked In Wind Watch on Mastodon