Chương này không toàn diện bao gồm tất cả các sáng kiến trong mọi nhà nước và vùng lãnh thổ nhưng thay vì chỉ mang các loại đề án được chấp nhận bởi mức độ của chính phủ Úc. Một trong những động lực thú vị đó đang nổi lên là các chính phủ nhà nước đang áp dụng các biện pháp pháp lý để di chuyển hướng tới một chương trình gây hiệu ứng nhà kính phát thải khí kinh doanh trong nước, trong sự vắng mặt của bất kỳ lãnh đạo từ chính phủ Úc. . | 166 ENERGY LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT NSW government regulates large-scale wind farms and burning biomass energy as renewable energy sources As mentioned above the NSW government has promoted the development of renewable energy technologies byrecognising this as one of the activities which will attract a Greenhouse Abatements Certificate. The construction of renewable energy facilities is governed by Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 NSW . Most facilities will be assessed by local councils. However in November 2004 the NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure declared large-scale wind farms in NSW to be State significant development . They will be subject to Ministerial determination if they have more than 30 towers or an installed generating capacity of more than 60MW or an installed generating capacity of more than 30MW and the towers are in more than one council area. The Minister has said that the scale and visual impact of large-scale wind farms need to be considered against broader public benefit considerations like reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The government has also attempted to mitigate some of the possible adverse environmental effects of biomass energy. As discussed in Chapter 4 the Renewable Energy Electricity Act 2000 Cth regards the burning of fuel from plantations and native forests as a renewable energy source known as biomass energy. Consequently the NSW government has enacted the Plantations and Reafforestation Code Regulation 2001 and the Protection of the Environment Operations General Amendment Burning of Bio-material Regulation The Plantations and Reafforestation Code Regulation 2001 provides guidance to plantation operators with respect to the establishment and management of future plantations. It has particular relevance to those intending to establish plantations to generate biomass energy as a renewable energy source under the Renewable Energy Electricity Act 2000 Cth . In particular .
