Parkes Energy Recovery August Update
Over the past few months, we have been listening to your feedback and have heard that you want more information...
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Good afternoon,
I want to start this month’s update by sincerely thanking the landholders who have met with us at our project office, welcomed us onto their properties, shared a cup of tea and taken the time to talk through their feedback.
Those conversations matter. Your views are being heard by our entire project team from our engineers and technical specialists through to our project directors.
Importantly, what we’re hearing is helping shape our facility. Later this year, when we can share the Environmental Impact Statement, you’ll be able to see how that feedback has been considered and reflected in the project.
In the meantime, we’re continuing to respond to the questions, feedback and priorities being raised by the community. This includes working closely with the NSW Government and Parkes Shire Council.
As part of this, we have written to council to offer our participation and support for its Energy-from-Waste Working Party. We welcome the establishment of this group and look forward to supporting its role in helping the community have an informed view.
We also welcomed RGDC’s announcement of three new businesses joining the Special Activation Precinct (SAP).
The Parkes SAP is an important way to bring growth, new industry and economic benefit to the regions, and we’re pleased to see new businesses being announced as part of the wider development.
The coming months will be even bigger for Parkes Energy Recovery. Our team and technical specialists will be in the community sharing more information about the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before it is submitted. We’ll share more about that as it gets closer.
As I said, if you have any questions or would like to chat before then, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Until next month,
Ed Nicholas
Director, Parkes Energy Recovery
What’s happened this month?
Parkes Energy Recovery had a stall at the Waste 2026 conference in Coffs Harbour, engaging with councils, government, industry stakeholders and waste sector experts about the future of the sector and the role energy-from-waste can play.
We’ve met with farmers, landholders and community members to hear their views and how we can incorporate them into the facility. We know that air quality, agricultural impact and human health are critical and we’re working hard to get the evidence that will respond to these questions. We’ll share more on that next month.
Work on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) continues to progress. Ahead of submitting in late August, we will be out in the community in-person and online, with our team and technical specialists, to share more about what we’re submitting and what it means for you. Stay tuned for updates on that in the coming weeks.
Myth of the month
Myth
The community won’t get a say on Parkes Energy Recovery.
Fact
Community feedback is an important part of the planning process.
Over the last year, we’ve heard from residents, landholders and community members through open days, community events, visits to the information office, phone calls and email enquiries. These conversations will continue as the project progresses and there are many ways to stay involved whether by dropping into our information office, giving us a call or sending us an email.
The EIS will also be publicly exhibited later this year, giving the community a formal opportunity to review the information, ask questions and provide feedback before any decision is made.
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