South Eastern NSW is pegged to become one of the four renewable energy superpowers in the state according to a report by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
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‘Repowering our Regions’ argued the district is able to replace five of the state’s coal burning power stations, and comes as the federal and state government continues its talks around the Liddell power plant’s future.
The region is predicted to create and sustain 2,100 jobs, generate electricity to two million homes, avoid 9.2 million tonnes of carbon pollution and turnover a $4.5 billion investment.
By 2030 all wind and solar power is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent, with solar farms growing at the highest rate (15 p.c).
The Southern Tablelands and South Coast, which was identified as stretching from Wollongong to Bombala, hosts eight of the state’s nine operating wind farms.
“South East NSW has incredible potential to become a renewable energy powerhouse and has a crucial role to play in repowering NSW,” Nature Conservation Council CEO Kate Smolski said.
“We believe South East NSW is on the cusp of a clean-energy investment and jobs boom, and that renewable energy could become a new pillar of the region’s economy, taking advantage of the region’s abundant wind and solar resources.”
Despite this, the South East falls behind Western NSW, the Central West and New England for new and existing renewable projects.
Read the report here.
More to come.
