Environmentalists seek to wholesale demolition, concrete demolition and clearing vast corridors of wilderness and farmland, to subdue the renewable energy monster.
CLIMATE ACTION CANNOT BE WITHOUT REGENERAL ENERGY TRANSMISSION
JOINT VENTURE REPORT 12/14/21
Renewable energy transmission lines are essential for pollution reduction, climate protection and nature conservation.
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy is essential to avoiding the worst effects of global warming and keeping our communities safe.
It’s a huge task that will require replacing all coal-fired power plants with renewables like solar, wind and hydro, backed by storage, within this decade. To do that successfully, we need renewable energy transmission lines to plug our homes, schools and workplaces into this cheaper and cleaner electricity.
In this critical time, one of the biggest barriers to replacing fossil fuels with renewables is transforming our electricity grid from one centered around coal regions to one around coal. wind and solar regions.
Not all of us can install solar panels on the roof. Our energy-intensive industries, as well as our hospitals, trains and essential services require large amounts of electricity to keep running. The rise of electric vehicles will lead to a sharp increase in energy demand. On top of that, more and more industries that traditionally rely on oil and gas are electrifying to reduce emissions.
That is why we need renewable energy transmission lines to transport large volumes of new renewable energy from areas rich in sunshine and wind to where we need electricity. This will aid our energy transition; help us meet our international obligations to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius; and keep communities, the natural environment and endangered species safe from climate change.
Inaction on climate will lead to a deeper crisis for people and the planet. We have witnessed extreme weather events affecting agriculture and communities in the region. Climate change is one of the biggest drivers of species extinction, a crisis that is growing and must be contained and reversed.
There can be no renewable energy transition without transmission.
While coal and gas-fired power plants remain the largest source of emissions, our energy transition is well underway. Energy investors and consumers are increasingly prioritizing clean and cheap renewable energy over polluting fossil fuels. Coal-fired power is likely to leave the national grid in the mid-2030s, if not earlier.
To continue to displace coal as well as oil and gas, we need to build new and expanded transmission lines to bring affordable, reliable renewable energy to homes, schools and workplaces. our job.
Currently, many transmission lines are operating at full capacity and unable to connect new renewable energy projects to the system, meaning that the renewable energy transition is slowing down, not accelerating. And there is a risk that the challenges of building renewable energy transmission lines could further delay the energy transition we need. The Australian Energy Markets Authority – the body responsible for regulating our electricity grid – has identified transmission lines that must connect to the deployed and responsive Renewable Energy Sites. our energy needs. Some of these lines were well planned.
However, this is not happening fast enough. The timelines for planning and building the necessary transmission lines do not currently overlap with what is needed to act appropriately to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees. and avoid the worst climate impacts.
It’s been decades since we last built transmission projects of this scale in Australia. Doing so will require close coordination between state and federal governments, energy market authorities, regulators, and transmission companies. The planning process must involve the larger role of regional communities and First Country groups.
If we do it right, we can all benefit.
Our energy transition must be equitable and provide opportunities for regional Australians in locations with planned renewable energy transmissions.
Building renewable energy transmission lines will open jobs and economic growth, especially in our regions. We urge governments and transmission companies to purchase as much locally produced green steel and components for power transmission lines as possible to maximize the number of jobs in the region due to the projects. This massive renewable energy generates. Government investment in training to prepare our workforce for the task ahead is needed.
Benefits to communities in the area also include further local employment and opportunities from the new wind, solar, storage and renewable hydrogen industries that new power transmission lines provide. will allow.
Farmers and other landowners who own transmission lines, wind turbines and solar panels on their land will receive the payment, which has been seen as a welcome way to diversify farm income. Karma. We urge governments to ensure fair transmission payments and allow all farms to continue to operate efficiently below the renewable energy transmission line.
As power transmission lines are built along existing and government lands, improvements to local amenities such as bike paths, low-growing biodiversity corridors, and the garden needs to be planned by the local community.
Stream host communities must participate in planning to ensure local impacts are minimized and real benefits are achieved. These processes must maintain rigorous standards for biodiversity protection and environmental impact reduction. It is the responsibility of transmission companies to ensure that those directly impacted including Traditional Owners groups and local environmental groups are active participants in the planning process.
State and federal governments, energy market agencies, regulators, and industry must work together to build renewable energy transmissions that are equitable and consistent with the speed necessary to meet international climate obligations.
As leading climate and environmental organisations, we advocate for the equitable and timely deployment of renewable energy transmission lines. These projects will help protect our environment, our ecosystems, our species, our regional communities, our precious places, and our towns and cities from harm threat of climate change.
Signed,
Climate Council
Conservation Australia
Victorian Environment
RE-Alliance
Solar Citizens
Queensland Conservation Council
The Nature Conservancy (NSW)
Friends of Earth MelbourneVia Climate Council December 14, 2021
The source: https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/transmission-joint-statement/ (Tim Flannery’s Group)
Have you ever read anything more disgusting? The groups responsible for the conservation and protection of the wilderness, who raise money from the public with the promise that the money will be used to protect nature, campaign vigorously for a wide network of powerline corridors. is being razed throughout the landscape, so more of the landscape could be cleared up and lined with metal and concrete with renewable energy installations?
Why do these green groups hate nature so much that they call for wholesale destruction?
For shame.
