Mount Majura Solar Farm - the National Capital Authority

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2.3Legislative ContextCOMMONWEALTH MANDATORY RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETThe Commonwealth Government’s Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme was establishedin 2001 to expand the renewable energy market and increase the amount being utilised in Australia'selectricity supply. The MRET targeted the generation of an additional 9,500 GWh of extra renewableelectricity per year by 2010.The Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme is an expansion of the MRET and has been established toencourage additional generation of electricity from renewable energy sources to meet the Government’scommitment to achieving a 20% share of renewables in Australia’s electricity supply in 2020. The RETlegislation:places a legal liability on wholesale purchasers of electricity to proportionally contribute to anadditional 45,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable energy per year by 2020.sets the framework for both the supply and demand of renewable energy certificates (RECs)via a REC market.This means a total of 45,000 GWh of electricity will need to be sourced from renewables, requiring anadditional 8,000 - 10,000 MW of new renewable energy generators to be built across Australia by 2020. TheRET also assures that national greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to meet CommonwealthGovernment targets.ACT GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIONAs discussed in Chapter 2.2 above, in 2008, the ACT Government enacted the Electricity Feed-In(Renewable Energy Premium) Act, through which the Proposed Works have been granted medium scalefeed-in tariff approvals by ActewAGL in concert with the ACT Government’s Environment and SustainableDevelopment Directorate (ESDD).2.4Planning ContextNATIONAL CAPITAL PLANThe Proposed Site is identified by the National Capital Plan as being within the National Capital Open SpaceSystem (NCOSS). The NCOSS protects nationally significant open space framework, visual backdrop andlandscape setting for the National Capital. The NCOSS is intended to “blend city and country in a way thatsymbolises the character of the National Capital and provides a balanced range of uses which reinforces thenatural, cultural, scenic and recreational values of the ACT”.10Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission
The site is further identified as being within the ‘Inner Hills’ of the NCOSS and is zoned “Hills, Ridges andBuffer Space”. The Inner Hills provide the scenic backdrop and natural setting for Canberra’s urban areas.Accordingly their planning, design and development as open space areas are central to the maintenanceand enhancement of the character of the National Capital. The National Capital Plan specifies policies andpermitted uses within the Hills, including: parks, landscaped areas and nature conservation areas, roadsand public utilities, outdoor recreation and education facilities. Specialist tourist facilities are permitted inidentified locations only.According to Section 8.5(3) of the National Capital Plan, there are a range of uses permitted in the vicinity ofthe hills, ridges and buffers spaces like that around Mt Majura and one of these uses includes 'Public Utility'.The National Capital Plan also states (Section 12.3) that 'the planning and provision of electricity....facilitiesshould be undertaken in a manner which takes all reasonable steps to minimise the visual effects oftransmission lines, substations.....' .As set out in this Submission and supporting Landscape Plan:All transmission lines are buried underground within the solar farm complex, apart from theconnection point to the grid;Appropriate visual screening such as shrub planting will be undertaken around the boundary ofthe Proposed WorksThe objective of ‘providing land for development of other non-agricultural purposes’ also supports thesuitability and appropriateness of the Proposed Works.11Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission
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