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"If you drive through central Victoria, you might wonder at the signs reading
“Piss off AusNet” in shop windows or even mown into grassland. Communities and
farmers are pushing back against plans for new 85-metre towers and transmission
lines needed to transmit renewable power to the cities.
Expect to see many more of these stories in coming years. To decarbonise by
2050, we must build more than 10,000 kilometres of new high-voltage
transmission lines to carry renewable energy. That’s according to the
Australian Energy Market Operator’s new plan for the energy system, which Labor
committed to before the election.
But local opposition could derail this – even though the influential National
Farmers Federation has backed the plan. The plan recognises this: “As the rate
and scale of transformation continue to accelerate … social licence will
require urgent and continuing focus.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
