Connect with other landholders living with renewable energy projects.
If a wind, solar or battery project is proposed near you, being built around you, or already operating on your land, you are not the only one going through it — but it can certainly feel that way.
The Darling Downs Environment Council (DDEC) is building a network of landholders across the Darling Downs, Western Downs and South Burnett who are willing to share with each other what they have learned. Hosting or neighbouring a large project is a significant thing to live through, and the people who have already done it hold knowledge that is hard to find anywhere else. Connecting those people to each other is the point of this network.
These buttons link to forms for landholders to make contact with the network. One is for use by a landholder. The other is for use by a company to refer a landholder to the network. Filling in the form takes about five minutes. It does not commit you to anything. You choose how much contact you want, and you can change your mind at any time.
Who we are
DDEC is a community non-profit that has worked on land, water and energy issues across this region for many years. Our position on renewables is straightforward, and we would rather state it up front than have you wonder: we support renewable energy, and we want it done in a way that genuinely works for the people who host it. We are not an anti-renewables organisation and we do not work with groups trying to stop projects outright. We also do not work for any developer, and we are not paid by any of them. This project is funded through RE-Alliance’s Boundless program.
Before you start — three things:
- Please do not share anything covered by a confidentiality agreement. Many landholder agreements contain confidentiality clauses. We do not need to see your contract, we will not ask what you were paid, and nothing in this form requires you to disclose commercial terms. If you are unsure whether something is covered, leave it out — we would rather have less information than put you in a difficult position.
- We will not pass your details to anyone without your permission. Not to developers, not to councils, not to journalists, and not to other landholders unless you specifically tick that box further down.
- You do not have to be a host. Neighbours, people who have been approached and not yet decided, and people whose district is being investigated are all part of this — and often have the least information available to them.
Prefer to talk, or would rather fill in a paper copy? Call Ahri Tallon on [phone] or email info@ddec.org.au and we will post one to you.