Energy Policy in Australia: A comparison of environmental considerations in New South Wales and Victoria

Jessup, Brad; Mercer, David

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“…These concerns have also led to a shift in focus in the energy policies of the UK and Victoria, now both in post-privatised landscapes (Victorian Government 2002a,b, Department of Trade and Industry (UK) (DTI) 2006(DTI) , 2007. It is a paradigm shift from issues of ownership to sustainability, which until recently has been a second order issue (Jessup and Mercer 2001). Government and wind energy supporters cite this greening of energy policy and the availability of renewable energy subsidies to promote and support the development of local renewable energy industries (Strachan and Lal 2004).…”

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Plural and hybrid environmental values: a discourse analysis of the wind energy conflict in Australia and the United Kingdom

Jessup

2010

Environmental Politics

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Section: Wind Energy In Victoria and Britainmentioning

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Plural and hybrid environmental values: a discourse analysis of the wind energy conflict in Australia and the United Kingdom

Jessup

2010

Environmental Politics

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“…Indeed, the Shire of Moyne welcomed the initiative as did green organisations such as Greenpeace and the Australian Conservation Foundation and-initially-both landowners. It was also the 92 D. Mercer first of its kind in Australia to be developed by the private sector in the country's newly liberalised electricity market (Australian EcoGeneration Association 2001a;Jessup & Mercer 2001).…”

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The Great Australian Wind Rush and the Devaluation of Landscape Amenity

Mercer

2003

Australian Geographer

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Up until very recently-and in marked contrast to such countries as Spain, Denmark and Germany-Australia generated hardly any electricity from the wind. Driven largely by the mandatory targets embodied in the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Commonwealth) this situation is now changing. Australia has several operational small-to medium-sized wind energy power stations in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. But-in the face of often strong local opposition-the Australian Wind Energy Association is keen to increase the number and scale of such projects. This paper outlines recent overseas developments in wind energy and then focuses on the environmental and planning dilemmas posed by this form of electricity production. Particular attention is focused on a highly controversial wind energy proposal in south-western Victoria, the Portland Wind Energy Project (PWEP). The argument presented is that wind is only one of a number of possible renewable energy options, that coastal landscapes are an 'endangered species', and that it is time for geographers to revisit methodologies concerned with evaluating landscape beauty and debating the place of landscape values within the ecologically sustainable development paradigm.

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“…Despite having strong RE potential, Queensland did not have a strong supply side focus to increasing RE. Like the state of Victoria, its dependence on coal created a clear self-interest not to shift away from coal to more expensive, less GHG intensive sources (Jessup & Mercer, 2001). As Bell & Hindmoor (2014, p. 480) note, culturally, mining is perceived to be a "dominant and essential part of the economy".…”

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“…One Australian study adopted a STEEP (social, technological, environmental, economic, political) framework, and applied it to community RE (Hicks & Ison, 2014). Studies with a comparative approach are virtually absent except for a study comparing Victoria's environmental energy transition with that of New South Wales (Jessup & Mercer, 2001). In the energy literature, most comparative studies conduct inter-country comparisons of institutional and social structures (Laird & Stefes, 2009;Oteman, Wiering & Helderman, 2014) which are insightful, but intra-country comparisons are just as important.…”

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Barriers to the diffusion of renewable energy in Queensland

2017

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Renewable energy (RE) is needed for the low-carbon future envisioned in the 2015 Paris climate change agreement. This article comparatively evaluates the RE performance of two states in Australia to show how government policies affect energy transitions. The 'complex systems' perspective is used as a theoretical lens and it elucidates the constraints to RE transitions. Ambitious targets at state level and sustained political support are required to overcome the multi-dimensional barriers to RE transitions. However, given the complexity of the energy system, governments should pursue collaborative efforts across states and with various stakeholders to avoid conflicts. They need to address concerns about rising electricity prices and energy security if the much needed decarbonisation of the electricity sector is to take place.

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Energy Policy in Australia: A comparison of environmental considerations in New South Wales and Victoria

Cited by 8 publications

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Plural and hybrid environmental values: a discourse analysis of the wind energy conflict in Australia and the United Kingdom

Plural and hybrid environmental values: a discourse analysis of the wind energy conflict in Australia and the United Kingdom

The Great Australian Wind Rush and the Devaluation of Landscape Amenity

Barriers to the diffusion of renewable energy in Queensland

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