The Victorian government's initiative to expedite the planning approval process for renewable energy projects has sparked significant backlash from the Victorian Farmers Federation and local communities. Under the proposed plan, objections to large-scale solar or wind farms must be addressed in the Supreme Court, a move aimed at accelerating the deployment of renewable energy across the state. This strategy is part of a broader effort to classify all new renewable power projects as significant economic developments, thereby providing them with an accelerated pathway for approval. The energy industry is advocating for this approach to be adopted nationwide, in light of challenges such as onerous environmental regulations that have slowed the approval of just two wind farms in the past 15 months, threatening Australia's climate commitments. #springst
Farmers objecting to solar or wind farms would be forced to go to the Supreme Court under a radical Victorian plan to fast track renewable projects: https://t.co/grENbZcLKl https://t.co/aFifrWr6S7
Onerous environmental regulations are delaying Australia’s ambitious renewable rollout and threatening the federal government’s climate commitments, with just two wind farms approved in the past 15 months under flagship green protection laws. https://t.co/VD5NWPrVXG
#Australia's Victoria state government announced today that all new renewable power projects will be treated as significant economic development and gain access to an accelerated pathway, as it looks to speed up renewable capacity additions. https://t.co/9GwZ1gCWb9
Farmers and communities objecting to massive solar or wind farms would be forced to go to the Supreme Court under a radical Victorian plan to fast track renewable projects across the state, which the energy industry wants adopted nationwide. #springst https://t.co/hpDufbaZ6D
The Victorian Farmers Federation has reacted with fury to the Allan government's plans to fast-track the planning approval process for renewable energy projects. https://t.co/xATU2NNaFJ