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Latrobe Valley Community Power Hub

Enabling community – owned renewable energy The Victorian Government has committed to develop community-owned and operated renewable energy projects in three regional areas across Victoria, one of which is the Latrobe Valley. With the others in the Ballarat region and in Bendigo, the Community Power Hubs (CPH) program aims...

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Community Power Hub March 13th Event

As part of the ‘Let’s Energise Gippsland’ campaign, the Latrobe Valley Community Power Hub – which enables the setting up of community-owned projects in renewable energy – will hold a presentation afternoon at the Morwell Bowls Club on March 13 between 10 and 2 pm. The LVCPH is managed...

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Why it’s more important than ever that Victorians keep recycling

China recently announced it will restrict some recycling imports, so it’s more important than ever for Victorians to recycle correctly. China has not completely banned the import of all recycled plastic and paper, but now requires a cleaner and more processed version of these materials. Find out why this...

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Hepburn Shire continues journey to 100% Renewables

We are proud to announce that the Hepburn Shire will be Victoria’s first Z-NET community as part of Sustainability Victoria’s TAKE2 Community Transition Pilot. The Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE) will be working with Hepburn Wind, the Hepburn Shire Council and local sustainability groups to make our shire the...

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The End of Recycling. Why Australia is at crisis point

Helen Millicer, One Planet Consulting. Just before Australia Day a number of regional/rural Victorian councils received serious news from their kerbside collection contractor Visy. It was no longer going to sort the loads of paper, cardboard, cans and bottles.

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COMMUNITY POWER HUBS – WEBSITE LAUNCH – 8 February 2018

BACKGROUND The pilot Community Power Hubs project is an innovative approach supported by SV and the Vic Government to help local communities grow community owned renewable energy. There is a lot of interest in the pilot, the three pilot sites, the projects they are working on, and how they...