– Toby Thorpe, Tasmania Community Engagement Manager. Tasmania continues to play an important part in Australia's renewable energy shift, with ambitious goals to not only meet but exceed its energy needs through renewable sources....

Our team is often out and about speaking at various events, ensuring regional communities are at the forefront of conversations about the renewable energy shift. Here’s where you can find us in the coming...

"It's showing a 20% increase in the wool cut of the sheep from under the panels, compared to the control flock outside the panels. So from a wool growing point of view, it'll be...

"Farms are big energy users. In lowering those costs, renewables was the only kind of option. I can't see producing food becoming any cheaper, but I can see producing power becoming cheaper." Watch Sophie...

"We just work round the power lines as we would with any obstacle. They don’t really have a big impact for anything that we do day-to-day." Watch Lee Kingma, Tumut grazier, on his experience...

"We negotiated a decommissioning fund. So it’s just a peace of mind to eliminate any financial exposure to the landholders. Just remember it’s your farm and you negotiate what you feel comfortable with." Watch...

"Probably the most unexpected part about it is how easily it has integrated into my farm. Look I’m pretty proud of it, and I like being here and I like working here." Watch Lindsay...

"A sector like renewables in a community can create more flow on benefits. We have these opportunities to control our own power, share our own power and generate our own power and I think...

Community groups have labelled the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy’s decision not to announce funding for Local Energy Hubs at last night’s Hunter Community Alliance (HCA) Assembly as a missed opportunity. An...

We're pleased to welcome three new staff members to the Renewable Energy Alliance team, all doing critical work to support rural and regional communities in the renewable energy shift. Mark SquiresNSW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER...

When Alison McLean first heard about the renewable energy projects rumoured to be coming to Hay, a farming town in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, she was concerned. It was 2022,...

The Renewable Energy Alliance (RE-Alliance) Board has elected Anna Hancock as its new Chair at its February meeting. Anna is Executive Director at Pollination with 25 years of energy and resources sector experience in...

Communities want a stake. Industry needs certainty. Farmers want options. – Tom Dixon, Queensland Community Engagement Manager, RE-Alliance. RE-Alliance welcomes recent announcements by the Queensland Government on increased community consultation and planning, but cautions...

As Ausgrid consults communities about upgrades to critical network infrastructure to support the Hunter Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone, local groups are urging the Federal Government to deliver a Local Energy Hub to the...

Unreliable coal-fired power generators and a lack of adequate transmission infrastructure are driving energy prices up according to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics Report out today. The data shows that states...

We responded to the Queensland Government consultation on their Draft Renewables Regulatory Framework. The Framework can – we believe – play a key connecting function between planning, policy and practice by renewable energy developers...

The findings in the Climate Council’s report Electric Shock! Australia’s Lightbulb Moment, released today, confirm the huge information gap that exists among communities when it comes to renewable energy – most Australians don’t know...

Renewable energy companies are reporting on how they engage with communities at an unprecedented scale. It’s both a step forward in achieving a race to the top on best industry practice, and also provides...

  First Nations people, groups and communities have been listened to, and the barriers and opportunities to realise our clean energy aspirations have been heard. – Karrina Nolan, co-chairperson of the First Nations Clean...

The Australian Government’s Capacity Investment Scheme might not sound particularly exciting – but it has the potential to deliver significant benefits for rural, regional and First Nations communities.  The Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) is...

We’re excited to be recruiting for three new roles to join the RE-Alliance team in 2025! We're a small and growing team of staff, spread out across regional Australia, dedicated to a renewable energy...

Just 5% of people living in renewable energy zones would embrace living near nuclear power stations, polling released by RE-Alliance today has shown, while 53% outright reject it. 89 Degrees East polled 1,770 Australians...

In this podcast, Ali McLean from Hay Shire Council and Kate Hook from RE-Alliance chat about their partnership that led to the proactive, collaborative approach taken by the Hay district in western New South...

Farmers, retired coal workers and local government representatives have travelled to Canberra to explain why Local Energy Hubs are urgently needed in their communities. The group briefed politicians at an event hosted by the...

A huge cross section of regional Australia living in the thick of our shift to renewable energy have come together as part of a new film series. Former coal workers, farmers, parents, former Councillors...

A huge cross section of regional Australia living in the thick of our shift to renewable energy has come together as part of a new film series. Former coal workers, farmers, parents, former Councillors...

Renewable energy and grid investment can and should be done well in Australia – with communities, farmers, workers, environment and First Nations groups involved in and benefitting from the developments in their regions.  Key...

Bridget Ryan, our Director of Policy and Industry Engagement, has joined the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) inaugural Consumer and Community Reference Group (CCRG). We're pleased to see Bridget's appointment, where she'll bring vital regional perspectives to...

We are multiple groups across regional Australia, agriculture, industry and conservation, and we applaud the outcome of the Cattle Hill Wind Farm investing in protecting nature. Cattle Hill Wind Farm has invested in cameras...

New polling shows the majority of Australians have no idea how much progress has been made in shifting the national electricity grid to one powered by renewable sources. The latest Essential Report shows just...

We welcome the opportunity to respond to this Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Inquiry. Our organisation supports offshore wind as a key technology that will deliver affordable and reliable renewable energy supply,...

As Tasmania looks to expand its renewable energy, we are eager to see it rolled out in a way that ensures Tasmania’s communities, regions, environment and industry can benefit. We are actively engaged in Tasmania...

A raft of Federal and State MPs and more than 40 Local Government representatives have joined a growing call for the federal government to fund and resource Local Energy Hubs: physical centres with a...

A new campaign urging the government to invest in ‘Local Energy Hubs’ has kicked off centred on three regional Australian farmers' experience with the shift to renewable energy. The campaign comes as the Regional...

– Andrew Bray, RE-Alliance National Director and Jarra Hicks, Community Power Agency Director. This week, a new report highlighted strong support for the shift to renewable energy among Australians. However, it also found that this support...

Today we launch ‘Why investing in our grid is a priority for Australia’ – a guide from an alliance of organisations who recognise the need for Australia to decarbonise its energy sector and that...

Investing in our grid is a priority for Australia, says a coalition of organisations representing farming families, electricians, regional communities and environmental and climate advocacy groups.  The Alliance was announced today as the Energy...

RE-Alliance has been engaged in renewable energy, social licence and benefit sharing policy discussions in Victoria for over ten years. In the last two years, this has included several consultations on the development of...

RE-Alliance backs the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO’s) national plan for affordable and reliable energy released today, and says governments now need to focus on building trust with regional communities to make it a...

Australia needs bipartisan support for a plan to help regional communities to work with and benefit from renewable energy infrastructure in regional Australia.  RE-Alliance and Community Power Agency have been working for more than...