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Victoria’s Baillieu government destroying wind industry in that State

the Baillieu government has introduced severe planning restrictions, with 14 of the 18 previously publicly announced wind farm proposals that are now unlikely to proceed located in that state.

The wind farms that Baillieu killed. REneweconomy By Giles Parkinson 9 August 2012 If Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu came to power with a determination to kill off opportunities for wind farm development in Victoria, then he can be proud of his work.

The annual Electricity Statement of Opportunities released today by the Australian Energy Market Operator highlights how much the opportunities for wind farm developments in Victoria have been reduced in the past year.

Even though the Renewable Energy Target will require some 8,500MW of wind farms to be erected in the National Electricity Market over the next eight years, some 2,200MW of wind farm proposals were withdrawn in the past 12 months.

Most of these withdrawals came from Victoria, where the Baillieu
government has introduced severe planning restrictions, with 14 of the
18 previously publicly announced wind farm proposals that are now
unlikely to proceed located in that state.

Here is the list:…….
The ESOO document does not say specifically that these wind farms were
victim’s of Baillieu’s planning laws, but the number of Victorian
withdrawals is more than just coincidence. There are many more hanging
in the balance.

Another interesting observation from the ESOO document was that while
there were 1,014MW of new wind farm proposals in South Australia
(which already accounts for more than half of the country’s wind
farms), 825MW in Queensland (which has virtually nothing actually
built), 90MW in Tasmania, and 85MW in New South Wales, there were no
new publicly announced proposals involving wind farms in
Victoria…… http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/the-wind-farms-that-baillieu-killed-78214

August 10, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, Victoria, wind