Mr. Kingsmill Bond:

There is a mixture of solutions to this. There is a great deal of experience in Germany, for example, of getting community buy-in for the implementation of renewable technologies, both solar and wind. Much of the success has been down to communities getting involved and feeling like they have ownership of the projects. That is one solution. The Senator mentioned offshore wind, which is another solution. The cost of offshore wind has fallen spectacularly over the past 18 months from more than €100 per MW/h to €60 per MW/h and it continues to fall rapidly. That will make it a viable commercial technology. A combination of different approaches will be needed. The useful policymaker handbooks produced by the IEA address the issue of the integration of renewables into transport and electricity networks and they also refer to community buy-in.