Research // Rebecca Pearse

The Australia Institute Tasmania The Australia Institute South Australia
Centre for Future Work Carmichael Centre Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Centre for Sex & Gender Equality
ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

June 2022

Climate Change

Renewables & rural Australia

A study of community experiences in Renewable Energy Zones in NSW and the case for more equity and coordination of the clean energy transformation
by Dan Cass, Linda Connor, Riikka Heikkinen and Rebecca Pearse

The technological shift away from coal to renewable energy for electricity generation is also a spatial shift. We are moving electricity generators to new dedicated Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) in parts of rural Australia that have not hosted energy utilities at this scale before. This report presents the first significant analysis of the spatial aspect

December 2020

Electricity Markets & the Grid, Renewable Energy

Submission to Energy Security Board Renewable Energy Zones consultation paper

by Linda Connor, Dan Cass and Rebecca Pearse

Submission made to the Energy Security Board’s proposed framework for the planning of renewable energy zones (REZ) within state jurisdictions in the National Electricity Market (NEM). This form part an ongoing research project titled Rural Communities and Renewable Energy: A Socio-economic Study in NSW, conducted by thte University of Sydney Environment Institute, Australian National University and the

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