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Simon Wright's article stresses the necessity of community support for the success of green energy transitions, focusing on the need for new transmission lines for renewable energy. Community engagement and transparent communication are highlighted as crucial for overcoming opposition and ensuring project success. Successful examples involve collaborative efforts between developers and communities, emphasising mutual benefits and addressing concerns. For Landcare NSW, and other rural and regional organisations, this underscores the importance of proactive involvement and partnership in renewable projects to ensure that community interests are safeguarded and environmental sustainability is integrated with local development. See the article here: https://bit.ly/49t83MD

Simon Wright's article stresses the necessity of community support for the success of green energy transitions, focusing on the need for new transmission lines for renewable energy. Community engagement and transparent communication are highlighted as crucial for overcoming opposition and ensuring project success. Successful examples involve collaborative efforts between developers and communities, emphasising mutual benefits and addressing concerns. For Landcare NSW, and other rural and regional organisations, this underscores the importance of proactive involvement and partnership in renewable projects to ensure that community interests are safeguarded and environmental sustainability is integrated with local development. See the article here: https://bit.ly/49t83MD

Simon Wright's article stresses the necessity of community support for the success of green energy transitions, focusing on the need for new transmission lines for renewable energy. Community engagement and transparent communication are highlighted as crucial for overcoming opposition and ensuring project success. Successful examples involve collaborative efforts between developers and communities, emphasising mutual benefits and addressing concerns. For Landcare NSW, and other rural and regional organisations, this underscores the importance of proactive involvement and partnership in renewable projects to ensure that community interests are safeguarded and environmental sustainability is integrated with local development. See the article here: https://bit.ly/49t83MD

Simon Wright's article stresses the necessity of community support for the success of green energy transitions, focusing on the need for new transmission lines for renewable energy. Community engagement and transparent communication are highlighted as crucial for overcoming opposition and ensuring project success. Successful examples involve collaborative efforts between developers and communities, emphasising mutual benefits and addressing concerns. For Landcare NSW, and other rural and regional organisations, this underscores the importance of proactive involvement and partnership in renewable projects to ensure that community interests are safeguarded and environmental sustainability is integrated with local development. See the article here: https://bit.ly/49t83MD

Simon Wright's article stresses the necessity of community support for the success of green energy transitions, focusing on the need for new transmission lines for renewable energy. Community engagement and transparent communication are highlighted as crucial for overcoming opposition and ensuring project success. Successful examples involve collaborative efforts between developers and communities, emphasising mutual benefits and addressing concerns. For Landcare NSW, and other rural and regional organisations, this underscores the importance of proactive involvement and partnership in renewable projects to ensure that community interests are safeguarded and environmental sustainability is integrated with local development. See the article here: https://bit.ly/49t83MD

Simon Wright's article stresses the necessity of community support for the success of green energy transitions, focusing on the need for new transmission lines for renewable energy. Community engagement and transparent communication are highlighted as crucial for overcoming opposition and ensuring project success. Successful examples involve collaborative efforts between developers and communities, emphasising mutual benefits and addressing concerns. For Landcare NSW, and other rural and regional organisations, this underscores the importance of proactive involvement and partnership in renewable projects to ensure that community interests are safeguarded and environmental sustainability is integrated with local development. See the article here: https://bit.ly/49t83MD

As 2024 draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the progress of renewable energy in Australia, especially #rooftop #solar. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 * There are now over 4 million rooftop solar installations in the country, with more than 300,000 new installations each year. * Households and businesses have invested $25 billion in solar energy. * Solar power is helping save Australians an average of $1,500 per year on their energy bills, adding up to potential savings of $150 billion over the next 25 years. * Australia’s rooftop solar capacity now stands at 25GW, which is more than the country’s coal-based energy capacity. * Solar energy contributes over 11% of the National Electricity Market (NEM) output. * More than 150,000 households have also installed a home battery. * The market for solar products continues to grow, with over 7,250 approved solar, inverter, and battery products—a 12% increase in the last year alone. * There are now over 11,000 installers across the country, most of them small businesses, and over 1,700 retailers. #Decentralised #energy #generation and #storage are now a permanent part of the Australian energy landscape, and consumers are embracing this change. Rooftop solar has truly democratised energy, giving people more control over their power. The Clean Energy Council, working with its members, has been a key driver in promoting decentralised energy. This year, we launched the "It's Time to Back Batteries" campaign and released the "Powering Homes, Empowering People" roadmap to further support consumers in the energy transition. Here is some festive reading: https://lnkd.in/gSWaJ8pj. https://lnkd.in/grDg-mw4. https://lnkd.in/g7ie94vt https://lnkd.in/gtr-URMi

Important shifts in the conversation about different ways to engage with regional communities about the changing energy system. In this opinion piece last week Forum member Satya Tanner CEO LAUTEC Group Australia explained how the community ownership opportunity was an important impetus for wind farm developers in Denmark: "(Those) that offered up share options and planning participation to communities were the only ones to successfully construct their projects. So successful that the Danish Government adopted the principle in 2009, requiring developers to offer up to 20% share options to all residents within 4.5km of an onshore wind farm project." Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWwVaU3p Climate Energy Finance Tim Buckley Blair Palese Smart Energy Council

One of the reasons we developed Generations for Generations was to address the challenges that major renewables projects have with community acceptance. In this blog https://lnkd.in/g4GABiXp, Christy Goldfuss of the US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Michelle Moore of Groundswell, Inc. address the challenges of community engagement and how when local opposition blocks a renewable project only 13 per cent ever reach completion. 'Generation for Generations’ is engineered to enhance stakeholder and community engagement strategies by leveraging state-of-the-art technologies, tools, and resources. In a landscape where public understanding of renewable projects and technologies is limited, and projects are often situated in scenic areas, countering misinformation and fostering engagement is crucial. Learn more about how we can move the needle on the 13 per cent at https://lnkd.in/gA6WSSMq

A insightful report from Institute of Welsh Affairs on ensuring all of Wales benefits from the transition to renewable energy. Sustainable renewable energy has the potential to transform Wales as a sustainable energy-producing nation and see the benefits directly invested into our communities. Having seen the impact of community funds, there is incredible potential for local communities to directly benefit from the duration of energy production. A Wales Wealth Fund could further this, and directly contribute to the wider economy and the benefit of future generations. From an arts sector perspective, I see huge potential for sustainable funding building on the funding already in place which is supporting arts and cultural activity in local communities across Wales https://lnkd.in/e89svZch