PHOTO: Renewable energy facilities can cause divisions within the community claims CMA.
Renewable energy should not come at the cost of harmony in regional areas, a prominent political group claims.
The 132MW Nevertire Solar Farm near Warren is just one example of regional NSW being made to bear the brunt of energy production for the wider community according to recent reports.
The Country Mayor’s Association (CMA) says that as renewable energy projects sweep through rural areas, State and Federal Governments have not kept pace with change.
“The city and regions are reliant on each other, the food and fibre along with the minerals and energy produced in Regional NSW is critical to the prosperity of the state; the majority supply of renewable energy should not be a burden on regional NSW,” Chairman Jamie Chaffey said…