Research // Riikka Heikkinen

The Australia Institute Tasmania The Australia Institute South Australia
Centre for Future Work Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Carmichael Centre
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

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