– 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...

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...

– Padmapriya Muralidharan, Communications Manager, RE-Alliance. Australia’s oldest coal-fired power station, Liddell, closed the last of its operating units today. In this piece, we explore why this is important, what this means for the...

Our vision for Australia is one where we embrace our 60,000 year-old heritage, where we cherish, honour and learn from the wisdom of the First Peoples, the oldest living civilisation on earth. As the...

– Tony Goodfellow, Victoria/Tasmania Coordinator, RE-Alliance. In a great example of the local leadership that is needed to build a successful energy transition, a local west Victorian organisation is calling for transmission infrastructure upgrades...

We're currently looking for a Policy & Industry Engagement Manager to join the RE-Alliance team. This is a working from home position, with location negotiable. We're a small and growing team of staff, spread out...

– Toby Thorpe, Community Engagement Manager, Tasmania, RE-Alliance. Our transition to renewable energy presents opportunities to strengthen regional communities across the country, and make them thriving and resilient. But what does the energy transition...

– Neville Mattick, Community Engagement Manager, Central-West Orana REZ, RE-Alliance. With a fire raging near Tambaroora NSW, the management team of the local Crudine Ridge Wind Farm made a surprise visit to the Hargraves...

Think of your favourite place in nature in Australia. Is it the Great Barrier Reef? Or the Outback? Maybe our tropical rainforests? Whatever your answer is, it’s an example of the scale of biodiversity...

– Lu Allan, Advocacy Manager, RE-Alliance. On the weekend, I went up to visit Lake Morris just outside of Cairns, however I may or may not have become slightly distracted by this tall boy....

A new payment scheme for Victorian farmers and landholders hosting transmission lines on their properties has been welcomed by community advocacy organisation, RE-Alliance. Under the scheme landholders will receive a $200,000 per kilometre payment,...

Last Friday, we hosted a fruitful discussion in Dubbo on community benefits funding for the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ). RE-Alliance is working in the Central-West Orana REZ to ensure that communities hosting...

Reflecting local community needs, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) announced a new preferred route for the critical VNI West transmission line earlier today. RE-Alliance, an independent community-based organisation, welcomes this change as it...

The Victorian Government will use its powers to speed up the development of VNI West, the vital new interconnector between the Victorian and New South Wales electricity grids, and will engage communities to shape...

– Kate Kotarska, Policy Manager, RE-Alliance. This is my final blog for RE-Alliance, as I start a new position with the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on Monday....

We thank the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) for the opportunity to comment on the Draft 2023 Inputs, Assumptions and Scenarios Report (the IASR). The IASR includes key information and context for the inputs and...

We thank energy market officials for the opportunity to comment on the Incorporating an Emissions Reduction Objective into the National Energy Objectives Consultation Paper. RE-Alliance supports the proposed changes to the National Energy Objectives....

RE-Alliance thanks the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water for considering our submission in its development of the National Reconstruction Fund. We applaud the Government for committing to its climate target...

– Kate Kotarska, Policy Manager, RE-Alliance. Our last blog looked at the recommendations from our Building Trust for Transmission report that have been implemented, and that have led to transmission-related reforms over the last...

– Kate Kotarska, Policy Manager, RE-Alliance. Published in July 2021, our Building Trust for Transmission report made a series of recommendations to improve outcomes for local communities in the roll-out of transmission lines, including...

We thank the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water for considering our submission in the development of the Powering the Regions Fund. We applaud the Government for committing to its climate...

RE-Alliance was born ten years ago as the Victorian Wind Alliance. Since then we have worked with numerous people who are passionate about renewable energy: landholders, regional community groups and renewable energy companies who...

Earlier today, the Tasmanian government announced the start of the state’s first Renewable Energy Zone. RE-Alliance, an independent community-based organisation, welcomes this announcement as an opportunity to bring community interests and priorities into the...

– Andrew Bray, National Director, RE-Alliance. As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the dramatic changes these 12 months have brought and the way...

Labor was returned to power in the Victorian state election on the weekend. With all the focus on the popularity or otherwise of the Premier, one aspect that may have been overlooked is that...