Minister for Energy and Emissions Reductions and Member for Hume Angus Taylor says a decision to refuse Crookwell 3 Wind Farm development consent reflects the views of the community.
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"If there is a strong resistance from the local community, that needs to be considered," he said in a statement.
Mr Taylor said he is interested in striking the right balance between renewable energy and coal, gas and hydro energy.
Member for Goulburn Wendy Tuckerman echoed this sentiment.
"There are other impacts on saturation, not just the actual wind farms themselves but how the electricity is delivered.
"The infrastructure of the transmission lines and the impact that surges have on the lines and you actually need to upgrade those lines for it to be a smooth transmission," she said.
Mrs Tuckerman said a precedent had been set.
"Their (Independent Planning Commission) reasoning was because of the saturation. If that's the precedent that's been set, obviously that will be impacting other developments should they be putting their case forward.
"It's an independent assessment. It's made the decision that those impacts of saturation are well and truly felt within the community," she said.
The project site is adjacent to Crookwell 2 Wind Farm, Crookwell 1 Wind Farm is five kilometres northwest and Gullen Range, 10 kilometres west.
NSW regulations place undue weight on visual amenity at a time when wind farms can be contributing so much to farmers, local communities and clean energy generation.
- Andrew Bray
Earlier this year after community consultation, the developer (Global Power Generation) reduced the number of turbines from 23 to 17 across a 1500-hectare site.
The $120 million wind farm would have powered about 35,000 homes.
However, its refusal would "not stop progress", Australian Wind Alliance national coordinator Andrew Bray said.
He said the closely settled rural area was "unique" in terms of the number of operating wind farms.
"This is a disappointing decision," Mr Bray said.
"It shows the NSW regulations place undue weight on visual amenity at a time when wind farms can be contributing so much to farmers, local communities and clean energy generation.
"The rest of the state moves forward, with at least 20 projects moving through approvals and construction."
He said the state and federal governments should prioritise renewable energy projects.
"As drought hits our state hard, we need to be prioritising water-free wind and solar plants over ageing coal plants that guzzle billions of litres of precious groundwater," Mr Bray said.
The applicant can appeal the decision at the Land and Environment Court.
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