Submission on WA draft Renewable Energy Planning Code and accompanying Guidelines

Ensuring integrity in supply chains is a serious global issue that cuts across multiple industries worldwide, and it deserves sustained attention from governments, companies and civil society as well as the global community.

The Clean Energy Council has submitted feedback to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (WA) on the Draft Renewable Energy Planning Code and accompanying Guidelines, calling for greater certainty around noise compliance, increased turbine envelopes for micro-siting and changes to development application requirements.

The CEC has made a submission to a national inquiry into the management of end-of-life (EOL) solar panels, highlighting the urgent need for coordinated action as Australia faces a rapid increase in solar panel waste.

The peak body for the clean energy sector has welcomed the final report of the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy released yesterday, saying it underscores the serious impact that mis and disinformation is having on Australia’s energy system - stalling investment, undermining public confidence and delivery of the economic benefits of clean energy, at a time when energy security has never been more important.

Good morning, everyone. It is a genuine pleasure to be here in Perth for the Western Australia Clean Energy Summit – this is my first clean energy summit as the CEO of the Clean Energy Council, and I already know WACES has set the standard high for the remaining 2026 events.

A strategic and national approach to the development of data centres represents an opportunity to support Australia’s energy resilience and our national interest, says the peak industry body for the clean energy sector.