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Context and community renewable energy development in Western Australia: Towards effective policy and practice
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Context and community renewable energy development in Western Australia: Towards effective policy and practice

E. Lawonski, N. Hodgson and J. Whale
World Renewable Energy Congress XVI (Murdoch University, 05/02/2017–09/02/2017)
2017
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Abstract

Community renewable energy projects are contributing diverse sustainability benefits in a transforming energy landscape, but in Western Australia, projects are few and far between and the state is being left behind in national policy discussions. Drawing upon a socio-technical framework which conceptualises the context of innovation journeys according to patterns in the context, we investigate Western Australia and its major electricity network as a site for community-driven renewable energy development. Our case-study analysis suggests that project development in Western Australia to date has survived in niche pockets, which have been unusually conducive to community energy development, in a context otherwise riddled with political, technical, and regulatory hurdles.

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