Communities need better engagement from developers and planners to back clean energy transition, research finds
There is growing discontent on the plains of western Victoria as renewable energy companies chase the region’s abundance of sun and wind.
“People who have fear in their heart for a whole range of reasons do get really worked up,” Sounness said. “I sat in a meeting where a farmer said, ‘The only way this project goes ahead is when I get carried out in a coffin.’“When someone is at that point in their thinking, there’s very little space to go forward … everybody wants to support that person.”
“ has happened quickly and has been seen as top-down, clashing with the long-held lifestyle and history of local people,” the institute’s Towards Net Zero – Empowering Regional Communities report said.It was one of six regions profiled by the institute to gauge the needs of communities at the forefront of the energy transition.
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