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The Hunter needs a Local Energy Hub
February 06, 2025
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...
Read More ShareEnergy Dynamics Report highlights need for Local Energy Hubs in regions
January 30, 2025
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...
Read More ShareLocal Energy Hubs can help fill the public information gap on renewable energy
January 16, 2025
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...
Read More ShareNot keen on nuclear: Renewable Energy Zone residents
December 12, 2024
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...
Read More ShareRegional Australians brief politicians on Local Energy Hubs in Canberra
November 06, 2024
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...
Read More ShareRegional Australians deliver frank and optimistic perspectives about our shift to renewables in new films
October 17, 2024
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...
Read More ShareApplause for wind farm outcome that takes care of nature
September 26, 2024
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...
Read More SharePolling shows a huge information gap - Australians in the dark on renewable energy shift
September 11, 2024
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...
Read More ShareFederal, State and Local MPs want Local Energy Hubs for regional communities
September 03, 2024
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...
Read More ShareLocal Energy Hubs can make the shift to renewable energy easier: Farmers
August 14, 2024
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...
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