Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has been brutally criticised by a leading conservationist after walking back false claims about the scale of renewables projects.

It came after conservation group Rainforest Reserves Australia accused Mr Bowen of misrepresenting data published in The Australian, which mapped the accelerating renewables rollout.

In the RRA’s comprehensive mapping of renewable projects , which vice-president Steven Nowakowski said had taken four years to collate, the group highlighted the sheer scale of the Albanese government’s plan.

Mr Nowakowski told SkyNews.com.au the Energy Minister had “no idea whatsoever” about the spatial footprints required for renewables projects.

The RRA showed 1000 projects costing $1.33 trillion, including 25,000 additional wind towers

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