Ms D’Ambrosio, who has taken charge of transmission planning in Victoria by putting it in the hands of state agency VicGrid under ministerial orders that farmers are fighting in the Victorian Supreme Court, said the government would consider the report published by the Victorian Energy Policy Centre, but saw no reason to doubt AEMO’s “rigorous analysis”.īruce Mountain, director of the Victoria Energy Policy Centre. VNI West will run 400km from Bulgana via a broad strip of land that includes Charlton and Boort, across the border to the NSW grid near Wagga Wagga.įarmers in the projects’ paths say they have been taken for granted by AEMO, Ms D’Ambrosio and transmission companies, and that their concerns the towers and easements will hamper their ability to fight deadly fires and use modern farm equipment have been ignored. WRL will run for 190km from Sydenham in north-west Melbourne north of Ballarat to a new terminal station at Bulgana, near Ararat. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) says it devised Victoria’s two flagship transmission projects – the Western Renewable Link (WRL) and the $3.5 billion VNI West – after considering input from 1500 stakeholders and energy professionals. Pictured with Premier Daniel Andrews and Sarah De Santis in Ararat. Victorian energy and climate minister Lily D’Ambrosio (left) said the government would consider the report published by the Victorian Energy Policy Centre but saw no reason to doubt the “rigorous analysis” of AEMO. The contest over major transmission plans needed to carry renewable energy across the grid was put into sharp focus on Tuesday by Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm’s warning that the coal-dominated power grid that supports Rio’s giant Boyne Island and Tomago smelters “has to change” if they are to survive beyond 2030. It would rely heavily on upgrades to existing powerlines and reduce the need for new 90-metre-wide easements and 80-metre-high towers that have outraged farmers in western Victoria, and mired the existing projects in community consultations and lawsuits.
Victorian Energy Policy Centre head Bruce Mountain, industry veteran Simon Bartlett and landowner Darren Edwards have come up with their Plan B for connecting the state’s solar and wind farms to the grid. Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has backed the power market operator’s controversial major transmission projects for her state against an alternative “Plan B” devised by two energy sector veterans who say it would deliver more clean energy at lower cost.
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