Australia’s NSW Pledges Streamlined Renewables Planning Process
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New South Wales, Australia’s most-populous state, promised to streamline planning and improve network connections to attract renewable energy investment.
The steps are contained in a draft plan released today by the state’s energy minister outlining measures New South Wales will take to meet Australia’s goal of getting 20 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2020. To support large-scale solar projects, the state will contribute $A65 million ($67 million) for the development of the Solar Flagships project in Broken Hill and Nyngan northwest of Sydney, the report said.