RE-Alliance worked with Dr. Simon Wright on this piece, published in The Conversation. Connecting cheap, clean energy from renewables comes with a hidden cost and challenge: building 5,000 kilometres of new transmission lines this...

RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency, two organisations working for more than a decade with regional communities navigating large-scale renewable energy projects, have welcomed the detail provided by the Chair of the Net Zero...

– Andrew Bray, RE-Alliance National Director and Jarra Hicks, Director of Community Power Agency. With social licence now acknowledged as one of the largest challenges for our shift to clean energy, attention can now...

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act is Australia's legal framework for the protection of nationally significant places, species and ecosystems. It is being updated by the Federal Government for the first time...

RE-Alliance and Community Power Agency co-authored a submission to the Government on the expanded Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). The CIS will bring forward government support for 23 GW of new renewable energy generation and...

Today’s response by the Energy and Climate Ministerial Council to Andrew Dyer’s Community Engagement Review means Australia can move forward in securing an energy transformation that delivers long-term benefits to regional Australia. RE-Alliance is...

The intersecting crises of accelerating climate change and ecosystem decline present a challenge for the switch to renewable energy. We need to build new infrastructure to replace fossil fuels and at the same time,...

Storms caused one of the largest outage events in Victoria’s history last week, resulting in half a million people going without power. Almost as damaging is the predictable political debate and the swift publication...

– Andrew Bray, National Director, RE-Alliance. The start of the 2024 federal parliamentary year has brought the building of new energy infrastructure across rural and regional Australia into sharp focus. The majority of regional...

Today the Community Engagement Review by Australia’s Energy Infrastructure Commissioner (AEIC) was released, with Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen accepting the recommendations “in principle”. Lines attributable to Andrew Bray, National Director of...

– Tony Goodfellow, Advocacy Manager, RE-Alliance. At RE-Alliance, we believe that our transition to renewable energy gives us an opportunity to build a better future – for our communities, environment and economy. We are...

In December 2023, NSW released a revised energy policy framework and updated planning guidelines for wind farms, solar farms, benefit sharing and transmission projects.  RE-Alliance strongly supports the accelerated build-out of renewable energy technologies,...

We're hiring! Join the RE-Alliance team in 2024. We're currently looking for a: Senior Campaign Manager Senior Media Specialist Queensland Community Engagement Manager Senior Campaign Manager The Senior Campaign Manager will develop and oversee...

Coal is exiting rapidly, renewables are urgently needed, and community acceptance is key, says AEMO’s Draft 2024 Integrated System Plan. Last Friday, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), Australia’s central grid authority, released the...

The third edition of our Building Stronger Communities report investigates how renewable energy is contributing to regional Australia through community benefit funds. We aim for this report to help build a fairer energy transition,...

We're currently looking for an Operations Coordinator to join our team.  Work From Home – Location negotiable 0.8 - 1.0 FTE - Flexible hours available No closing date: applications will be reviewed as they arrive...

RE-Alliance recently responded to the Federal Government’s consultation on the proposed offshore wind area in the Illawarra coast region of NSW. We support offshore wind as a key technology that will enable New South...

On Saturday, Australia had a unique opportunity to acknowledge the 65,000-year history of our First Nations people and to give them a say in matters that affect them.  We let that opportunity slip and...

RE-Alliance recently provided a submission to the Inquiry looking into energy prices in Tasmania. There are two main areas of focus for this Inquiry: Factors that impact energy prices for Tasmanians Opportunities and challenges...

RE-Alliance recently provided a submission to the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner’s Community Engagement Review. The Commissioner, Andrew Dyer, has been observing the way energy companies engage with communities for around eight years. A few...

RE-Alliance responded to the draft rule from the Australian Energy Markets Commission (AEMC) on enhancing community engagement in transmission projects. The AEMC sets the rules for the energy market and provides policy advice to...

RE-Alliance recently responded to the Queensland government's draft Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Roadmap, with our key call being that the Roadmap place communities at the heart of all planning and engagement throughout each stage...

– Bridget Ryan, Policy & Industry Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. With winter coming to an end, the Australian Energy Market and system Operator (AEMO) released its 6-monthly forecast of our energy situation over the coming...

We recently responded to the Updates to Queensland’s State Code 23 - Wind Farm Development and associated Planning Guidance. We note that Queensland’s planning framework for wind farms is a key enabler for the...

Proposed updates to the Queensland ‘State Code 23’ for Wind Farms are open for feedback until 4 September, 2023. The Wind Code is a crucial component of project assessment and approvals for wind projects...

– Neville Mattick, Community Engagement Manager, Central-West Orana REZ, RE-Alliance. Farmers, graziers and our regional communities have had plenty of reasons to be gloomy about the future over the past 15 years. Worsening floods,...

– Tony Goodfellow, Advocacy Manager, RE-Alliance. Australia has its first-ever plans for a large-scale renewable energy project that is co-owned by First Nations people – and not one, but two of these projects were...

– Bridget Ryan, Policy and Industry Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. I’m so chuffed to be on board as the Policy & Industry Engagement Manager with the Renewable Energy Alliance. I joined in May and have...

RE-Alliance is actively engaged in New South Wales on community engagement and environment issues associated with renewable energy and transmission projects. We welcome to opportunity to respond to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the feasibility of...

The new Victorian Transmission Investment Framework (VTIF) was released earlier this month. It will set in place a new structure for transmission infrastructure and Renewable Energy Zones in Victoria. In outlining the new framework,...

RE-Alliance welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the draft Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Bill 2023. We are pleased to see the bill addressing factors to achieving Queensland's renewable energy generation targets...

Cooperation and the power of collaboration were the key themes from our industry round table held in Dubbo last week. The round table brought together 16 industry representatives, 3 local council delegates and 2...

Last week, we led a delegation of community leaders from Western Victoria to discuss opportunities and barriers for renewable energy transmission with Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio. There was a broad spectrum of participants including...

The Queensland Government has released a draft Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Bill 2023. It will be open for consultation until Friday 30 June. RE-Alliance strongly recommends that any and all interested individuals, community organisations...

RE-Alliance recognises the significance that each updated Integrated System Plan (ISP) carries and we welcome the opportunity to respond to the Australia Energy Market Operator's 2023 Transmission Expansion Options Report Consultation as a stakeholder...

The Victorian budget was delivered this week. The government has made considerable commitments to support the switch to renewable energy. This comes in the form of support for training, establishing the State Electricity Commission...

A new payment scheme for transmission hosts and neighbours in Queensland, announced by Queensland government-owned Powerlink, has been welcomed by community advocacy organisation RE-Alliance.  Queensland becomes the third state to offer payments to landholders...

Public engagement and informed conversations are a crucial step in ensuring our critical infrastructure developments are properly scrutinised. However, recent claims around the proposed VNI West transmission line have led the Australian Energy Market...

– Lu Allan, Advocacy Manager, RE-Alliance. As part of this week’s budget, the Federal Government announced the establishment of a Net Zero Authority for Australia. So what is it, and how can people benefit...

The Federal Government will legislate a national Net Zero Authority to ensure workers, industries and communities in Australia’s traditional energy regions can “seize the opportunities of Australia’s net zero transformation.” RE-Alliance, an independent community-based...