Media releases
Our media releases centre regional voices and perspectives on various issues in the shift to renewable energy.
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Local Energy Hubs can help fill the public information gap on renewable energy
January 16, 2025
“The Climate Council’s recent research found that more than 80% of people want more information about how our energy system is changing,” says RE-Alliance National...
Not 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%...
Regional 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...
Regional 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...
Applause 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...
Polling shows a huge information gap - Australians in the dark on renewable energy shift
September 11, 2024
Essential Research polling shows a huge information gap - Australians in the dark on renewable energy shift. RE-Alliance said a coherent, national communication plan and...
Federal, State and Local MPs want Local Energy Hubs for regional communities
September 03, 2024
Growing number of Federal, State and Local MPs want Local Energy Hubs for regional communities
Local 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...
Farmers, electricians, environmental and climate advocacy groups unite in need for investment in grid upgrades
July 19, 2024
Investing in our grid is a priority for Australia, says a coalition of nine organisations representing farming families, electricians, regional communities and environmental and climate...
Build trust and transmission for affordable and reliable energy
June 26, 2024
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...
‘Let’s get on with it’ – Regions want real solutions, not politics
June 17, 2024
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...
Government is listening - new tender guidelines for renewables finally valuing communities
May 31, 2024
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...