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...

– Tony Goodfellow, Advocacy Manager, RE-Alliance. Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the First Nations Clean Energy Symposium in Tarntanya (Adelaide). It brought together Traditional Owners, communities engaging in the clean energy...

– Andrew Bray, RE-Alliance National Director and Kym Mallee, Community Power Agency Director. The Australian government has a challenge. Having gone big on renewable energy and clean economy announcements, how does it now deliver...

RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency – two organisations working for more than a decade with regional communities hosting large-scale renewable energy projects – have warmly welcomed the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) improved tender...

RE-Alliance welcomes news independent MP Helen Haines has backed Local Energy Hubs as a way to deliver accurate information about the energy shift to local communities. RE-Alliance, which works with regional communities as they...

RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency – two organisations working for more than a decade with regional communities hosting large-scale renewable energy projects – welcome the $22.7 billion investment committed to Australia’s renewable energy...

RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency (CPA) prepared a joint submission to the Government's consultation on this decarbonisation sector plan. Both our organisations are focussed on ensuring that the energy transformation delivers for communities...

RE-Alliance supports Australia’s ambition to become a net zero economy. Our path to net zero should align with the Paris Agreement, based on science, that recognises the major risks of global warming beyond 1.5°C....

RE-Alliance worked with Dr. Simon Wright on this piece, published in The Conversation. Connecting cheap, clean energy from renewables comes with a hidden cost and challenge: building 5,000 kilometres of new transmission lines this...

RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency, two organisations working for more than a decade with regional communities navigating large-scale renewable energy projects, have welcomed the detail provided by the Chair of the Net Zero...

– Andrew Bray, RE-Alliance National Director and Jarra Hicks, Director of Community Power Agency. With social licence now acknowledged as one of the largest challenges for our shift to clean energy, attention can now...

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act is Australia's legal framework for the protection of nationally significant places, species and ecosystems. It is being updated by the Federal Government for the first time...

A new guide outlines Free, Prior and Informed Consent for the renewables industry. As Australia’s shift to clean energy progresses, we must ensure improved outcomes for communities and respect for the rights of First...

RE-Alliance and Community Power Agency co-authored a submission to the Government on the expanded Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). The CIS will bring forward government support for 23 GW of new renewable energy generation and...

Today’s response by the Energy and Climate Ministerial Council to Andrew Dyer’s Community Engagement Review means Australia can move forward in securing an energy transformation that delivers long-term benefits to regional Australia. RE-Alliance is...

The intersecting crises of accelerating climate change and ecosystem decline present a challenge for the switch to renewable energy. We need to build new infrastructure to replace fossil fuels and at the same time,...

Storms caused one of the largest outage events in Victoria’s history last week, resulting in half a million people going without power. Almost as damaging is the predictable political debate and the swift publication...

– Andrew Bray, National Director, RE-Alliance. The start of the 2024 federal parliamentary year has brought the building of new energy infrastructure across rural and regional Australia into sharp focus. The majority of regional...