Large-scale solar industry takes off as 12 new plants secure finance
Support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has helped put large-scale solar on a solid footing despite cuts to its own funding. Read more in The Guardian
Developers are quickly realising the marketing power of free solar
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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 first Victorian example of a Zero-Net …
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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. [read more]
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 can be supported. The projects are …
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Gippsland Public Opinion
Gippsland Public Opinion: Climate Change Effects Everything http://petergardner.info/2018/01/gippsland-public-opinion-climate-change-effects-everything/
Gippsland Business installs largest solar system
Gippsland Business installs largest solar system on school in Australia by Andrew McCarthy http://petergardner.info/2018/01/gippsland-business-installs-largest-solar-system-on-school-in-australia-by-andrew-mccarthy/
Store or Not Store Power
To Store or Not to Store the power your solar panels produce is becoming more of an important question for comsumers as power prices increase the following report by Ian Conibeer at Energy Connections gives some insights into the issue
Victorians’ Perceptions of Climate Change Regional report – Gippsland
Sustainability Victoria engaged an external research provider to conduct a state wide survey to collect data on Victorian residents attitudes and beliefs to climate change. The attached report is for the Gippsland region
Cataloguing Climate Adaptation projects in Gippsland
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) to catalogue past, and planned, climate adaptation projects aimed at reducing the impacts of extreme weather events and longer term changes in climate in the Gippsland region. The attached flyer provides a very brief overview of the project which seeks to identify regional priorities for adaptation …
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