The Smart Energy Council is pleased that the NSW Renewable Energy Planning Framework, including the Wind Energy Guidelines and Large Scale Solar Energy Guidelines, have been released today.
“These updated guidelines to the current framework provide the renewables industry and communities across NSW with much needed certainty,” Smart Energy Council Chief Executive John Grimes said.
The updated outline of the guidelines notes that this will allow for faster and more consistent decisions, include greater emphasis on the need for local benefits, and provide industry with greater investment certainty. The Smart Energy Council supports these objectives and will work with our stakeholders to ensure it becomes the norm.
“Providing communities with more transparency on how planning assessments will be made is critical to ensure strong social licence and these guidelines address that need in a significant way,” Mr Grimes said.
“The Smart Energy Council thanks the NSW Government for their work on the updated guidelines and look forward to seeing them implemented.”
For more information on the NSW Government’s Renewable Energy Planning Framework click here.
