The recently released Roadmap Bill delivers the Queensland Government’s objectives for Queensland’s energy system, as outlined in the Queensland Government’s Energy Roadmap. The Renewable Energy Alliance has significant concerns regarding the Energy Roadmap Amendment...

What happens to large scale renewable energy technologies - such as wind turbines, solar farms and batteries - when they reach retirement age has become an increasing topic of conversation in regional communities across...

– Lu Allan, Advocacy Director, RE-Alliance. Rainforest Reserves Australia has been called out for using artificial intelligence (AI) and fabricating citations in their submission to the Inquiry on Misinformation and Disinformation currently before the...

– Tony Goodfellow, Policy and Engagement Manager. The proposed changes as part of the Victorian Access Regime, released by the state government, could set a new national standard. The Victorian Government is currently consulting...

– Dr. Tom Dixon, Queensland Community Engagement Manager. Queensland’s new energy plan, released by Energy Minister David Janetzki last Friday, is a disappointing throwback that risks taking Queensland decades backward in its commitment to...

Australia requires rapid deployment of renewable energy projects, including 5,000km of new transmission infrastructure this decade, to meet our 2030 target of 82% renewable energy and to reach net-zero by 2050. However, the rise...

The Renewable Energy Alliance (or RE-Alliance) today welcomed Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt’s confirmation that federal environmental law reforms will include legislative changes to allow for greater use of regional planning, but highlighted how...

The Renewable Energy Alliance (or RE-Alliance) has joined a broad coalition of 60 organisations urging the Australian government to establish a mandatory scheme for solar panel recycling within this parliamentary term.  RE-Alliance, an independent...

August 2025 A bill to legislate Victoria’s treaty agreement is expected to be introduced into parliament in the coming weeks. The Renewable Energy Alliance (RE-Alliance) is proud to publicly affirm our support of the...

RE-Alliance welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Western Australian Government as it develops a state-wide guide on benefit sharing expectations and practice for renewable energy projects. Our work in WA with local...

More than 50 organisations spanning Australia have today issued an open letter to Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, urging the Federal Government to urgently fund a network of Local Energy Hubs across...

Rural and regional communities across Victoria now have a plan for the build out of the renewable energy infrastructure needed to replace the state’s ageing coal-fired power stations over the next 15 years.  VicGrid...

The Renewable Energy Alliance (or RE-Alliance) has wrapped up hosting Australia’s inaugural Regional Leaders Summit, on the shift to renewables.  Held across two days in Newcastle from 5 to 6 August, more than 90...

As Australia undergoes the shift to renewables, rural and regional communities are demonstrating new ways of securing a good deal from large-scale solar, wind and battery projects. This is the conclusion of a new...

Holistic planning for our grid as we switch to renewable energy is crucial. We support a recent rule change request by Energy Consumers Australia for a new Integrated Distribution System Planning process. The request...

Farmers and regional communities are now in the driver’s seat when planning and preparing for what happens when renewable energy projects approach the end of their life. Created by the Renewable Energy Alliance (RE-Alliance),...

The New South Wales Government is currently reviewing its transmission planning arrangements and options for reforms. It released its 'Transmission Planning Review 2025 Options Paper' earlier this year, and has followed up with its...

– Tom Dixon, Queensland Community Engagement Manager, and Megan Kessler, Policy and Research Manager, RE-Alliance. Queensland is on the cusp of a once-in-a-generation transformation. With more than $70 billion of wind, solar, battery and...

RE-Alliance has considered the Net Zero Commission’s 2025 Consultation Paper through the lens of our work to support regional communities in the shift to renewable energy. With that in mind, RE-Alliance makes the following...

Tracey Richards is a Queensland cattle grazier who worked with Greenleaf Renewables for 2.5 years to host turbines within the Moonlight Range Wind Farm project near Rockhampton. The project received state planning approval in...

RE-Alliance welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Draft 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan (VTP) developed by VicGrid. Ensuring there is transmission capacity available for renewable generation and storage to connect into is one of...

– Tony Goodfellow, Policy and Engagement Manager Overseas, painted wind turbine blades are decreasing bird impacts and acoustic detection is reducing bat impacts. So, why aren’t things like that happening here in Australia? It...

– Tom Dixon, Queensland Community Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. RE-Alliance welcomes the Queensland Government’s renewed focus on the leadership role for local governments and social impact assessment in renewable energy planning, as seen in the...

– Tony Goodfellow, Policy & Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. The draft Victorian Transmission Plan (VTP) was published last month by Victoria’s grid planning agency, VicGrid – and it’s open to public feedback until 24 June,...

– Andrew Bray, RE-Alliance National Director.  Every time a light is switched on in a farmhouse, or a dairy, or an abattoir, that electricity has arrived via a power line that runs across the...

This is the trailer for 'Renewables done right', a series where rural and regional Australians share their experiences of living alongside renewable energy. Hear stories about how Aussies are farming alongside solar panels, wind...

In an unprecedented show of unity, and in the face of the escalating impacts of climate change and rapid biodiversity loss, industry, community and environmental organisations are calling on the Albanese Government to deliver...

The Queensland Government has a proposal to formalise social impact assessment and mandate the provision of community benefits, which we have provided a submission response to. RE-Alliance generally welcomes the proposal to formalise social...

– Tom Dixon, Queensland Community Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. Queensland is racing toward a clean energy future, with more than $70 billion worth of wind, solar, storage and transmission already in the pipeline. But while regional...

Victorian rural and regional communities have more certainty about the shift to renewables, with the release of the draft Victorian Transmission Plan – but more engagement is needed. The Victorian Government’s draft Transmission Plan,...

– Mark Squires, NSW Community Engagement Manager. As many people focused on the renewable energy shift in New South Wales will know, there’s been a flurry of activity in the past couple of months....

The New South Wales Government is currently reviewing its transmission planning arrangements and options for reforms, in the 'Transmission Planning Review 2025 Options Paper'. The Renewable Energy Alliance (RE-Alliance) recognises the importance of transmission...

“The Waubra Wind Farm pays $100,000 a year that the community fund has and spends on projects just within this area. For a small community like us, that’s just gold.” Watch David Clark, farmer...

Regional communities, particularly those living in renewable energy regions across Australia, now have certainty following the weekend’s federal election result.  The nation has clearly endorsed the job we’re already halfway through completing: powering our...

The Victorian Government is reviewing its climate legislation and consulting with stakeholders about their views. We provided a short response outlining that the Renewable Energy Alliance strongly supports Victoria in establishing a clear, ambitious...

– Tom Dixon, Queensland Community Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. Queensland’s renewable energy future has been thrown into question. Yesterday, at his first major speech on energy, David Janetski announced the Crisafulli Government would walk back...

"Anything that has an environmental benefit is something that we're prepared to embrace and engage with, and renewable energy is one of those concepts." "The income from the turbines has offset some of what...

MEDIA RELEASE Nuclear support has melted down in proposed nuclear communities, new polling released by a not-for-profit organisation working with regional communities for more than a decade, RE-Alliance, revealed today. Energy attitudes polling by...

The Renewable Energy Alliance (RE-Alliance) and Community Power Agency – two organisations working for more than a decade in renewable energy regions – say last night’s budget is a missed opportunity for regional communities....

– Toby Thorpe, Tasmania Community Engagement Manager. Tasmania continues to play an important part in Australia's renewable energy shift, with ambitious goals to not only meet but exceed its energy needs through renewable sources....