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June 14, 2022

‘We want to be part of that movement’: residents embrace renewable energy but worry how their towns will change

Rebecca Pearse, Australian National University; Daniel J Cass, University of Sydney; Linda Connor, University of Sydney, and Riikka Heikkinen, University of Technology Sydney

In the first major study of its kind, the authors travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes.

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August 23, 2020

Forest Wind and Australia’s renewables revolution: how big clean energy projects risk leaving local communities behind

Tom Morton, University of Technology Sydney; James Goodman, University of Technology Sydney; Katja Müller, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and Riikka Heikkinen, University of Technology Sydney

A clean energy transition is vital in Australia, but big projects like Forest Wind must take local communities with them.

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June 18, 2020

People need to see the benefits from local renewable energy projects, and that means jobs

Tom Morton, University of Technology Sydney; James Goodman, University of Technology Sydney; Jonathan Paul Marshall, University of Technology Sydney; Katja Müller, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and Riikka Heikkinen, University of Technology Sydney

Renewable energy projects are often in direct competition with fossil fuels for the hearts and minds of communities. There’s a way to win people over though, with ongoing local employment.

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