Statewide consideration

Considered planning drives where and when South Australia declares release areas. This process to date has involved:

  • Multi-criteria analysis and high-level mapping conducted by the Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) identifying areas of the state where high quality wind and solar resources coincide, along with existing critical infrastructure such as transmission lines, water, gas pipelines and roads.
  • Identifying current land uses (such as primary industries, resources, tourism and conservation), industry interest, and existing constraints (including Aboriginal heritage and protected areas).

Collectively, this enabled the development of a statewide resource and constraints model, with a focus on terrestrial areas.

Renewable energy resources and constraints map

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Further work is still required to determine a pipeline of releases. This work will be on-going having regard to industry interest and government economic priorities.