Victoria's Planning Minister today took over from councils responsibility for approving all energy projects greater than 1MW, including gas, pumped-hydro and waste-to-energy developments.
Waste company Tellus has started the approvals process for a major new geological repository for hazardous waste in NSW, weeks after opening its Sandy Ridge facility in Western Australia.
EPA Victoria has granted approval for a $56 million pilot plant that will extract magnesium metal from waste fly-ash sourced from Energy Australia's Yallourn brown coal power station.
Remondis has secured agreement from Queensland's Coordinator-General for a streamlined whole-of-government assessment of its plans for a $400 million waste to energy project.
A NSW Bill extends the lifespan of development consents, empowers the government to overhaul the state's energy efficiency scheme, and establishes an exemption regime for its container deposit program.