❓ A WA MP inquires about government funding, subsidies, planning, and regulations related to wind farms in the Roe electorate and across WA. The government denies current or future wind farm subsidies and refers some questions to other ministers.
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I refer to the increasing interest in wind farms being discussed in my electorate of Roe and I ask: (a) Is the WA Government setting aside funding for the manufacturing and installation of wind turbines in WA; (b) Is the WA Government subsidising any wind turbines or intending to subsidise future wind turbines in WA; (c) If so, how much is the WA Government subsidising each turbine and where are these turbines located; (d) What is the future plan for any subsidisation of wind farms for WA; (e) Can you please provide a situational plan for where future wind farms are planned for WA, particularly within the Southwest Interconnected System; (f) Considering where the wind farms are planned to be located, can you also provide a network plan for transmission lines which do not already exist, if there are plans to build new transmission lines; and (g) Can you provide the current regulations in relation to placement of wind turbines pursuant to existing dwellings and farm boundaries.?
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Answered
12 September 2023
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
7 days
(a) Please refer this question to the Minister for State Development.
(b) No.
(c) N/A.
(d) There is no future plan for subsidisation of wind farms in WA.
(e) There is no situational plan for future wind farms. Wind farms are developed on commercial terms, and information on projects under development is publicly available.
(f) Future plans for network expansion are being determined as part of the scoping and planning work that came out of the SWIS Demand Assessment, launched in May this year.
(g) Please refer this question to the Minister for Planning.
(b) No.
(c) N/A.
(d) There is no future plan for subsidisation of wind farms in WA.
(e) There is no situational plan for future wind farms. Wind farms are developed on commercial terms, and information on projects under development is publicly available.
(f) Future plans for network expansion are being determined as part of the scoping and planning work that came out of the SWIS Demand Assessment, launched in May this year.
(g) Please refer this question to the Minister for Planning.
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