Fantastic to see hepburn energy will be adding a community battery to complement their wind turbines. As the first community wind farm to be built on Australia’s main grid, it's great to see them going from strength to strength 👏 reneweconomy.com.au/pioneering-com…

Thanks @RenewEconomy for covering this big news about our community battery!🔋 This will be a key foundation for our aspirations to add 5MW solar & work towards 5-10MWh storage. We're excited to get to work! reneweconomy.com.au/pioneering-com…

Such exciting news! We’re ensuring that people in the Hepburn Shire can have access to cheap, renewable energy through our Community Batteries Program.

The Smart Energy Council has launched an Industry Baseline Survey to determine how we can boost our workforce through greater women's participation. SURVEY: surveymonkey.com/r/GAP-baseline… Your insightful answers could be rewarded* and will support our Gender Action Plan work.

When I started reporting on climate change, the prediction was the Arctic could be sea-ice-free in summer by the 2070s. Now? By the 2030s. nytimes.com/2023/06/06/cli…

Creswick now has an electric🔋vehicle 🚗 charging station to help locals and tourists cut emissions! A big shout out to Chargefox - Australia's EV charging platform. and the State Government's Destination Charging Across Victoria Program for making this possible 🥳 #ElectrifyEverything #ClimateAction

With El Niño conditions looking more likely - the coming summer is looking increasing challenging for the electricity system! @MacgillIain and I laid out some of the challenges (and also some of the mechanism & options to reduce risks) in this piece: theconversation.com/an-el-nino-loo…

🌍 Hear from Antony McMullen and hepburn energy's Taryn Lane on #MeetTheCoopLeaders! Her inspiring work on empowering communities for climate action is a game-changer. Tune in and get inspired! #ClimateAction #CommunityEmpowerment #Sustainability omny.fm/shows/meet-the…

1/2 Great to see the Fed Gov help community facilities decarbonise, reduce bills and boost their resilience. A big kudos to community energy groups who have been independently championing projects like these off their own backs for over a decade! canberratimes.com.au/story/8235931/…

Thanks BCCM ! We’re stoked to be offering electricity to our co-op members. It’s one of many ways we’re working to tackle climate change and making it easier for our community to cut emissions. Learn more on our website: hepburnenergy.coop

The new $100M 'Community Energy Upgrades Fund' is a win for local councils but grassroots groups miss out. We dig into the details and highlight all the good that can come when the two collaborate. We hope future funds are more inclusive Totally Renewable Yackandandah cpagency.org.au/community-ener…

Albanese Govt announces the formation of a new Community Engagement Review for renewable energy infrastructure. It’s encouraging to see the Govt value the experience of communities, landowners & First Nations folks at the centre of the energy transition. minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowen/media-re…

We’re super excited for next years Community Energy Congress in Newcastle! 🎉 This event has a long history of spurring community action and launching new projects ☀️ Pop it in your calendar today! #ClimateAction

Hepburn Shire now has three EV charging stations 🥳 🚗 Hepburn Springs 🚗 Creswick 🚗 Daylesford Next up - Trentham & Clunes! Huge thanks to Chargefox - Australia's EV charging platform., the State Government’s DCAV program and our partners Central Highlands Water, Hepburn Shire Council and Fells Electrical!

Did you know that we hold Q&A sessions about our zero-interest loans that help community organisations pay for projects like installing #solar panels, improving #energyefficiency, switching away from fossil #gas use, and purchasing #electricvehicles? 👇 eventbrite.com.au/e/corena-not-f…

The Capacity Investment Scheme Consultation Paper is out now - crucial in pursuing 82% renewables by 2030. We'll work closely with Government to deliver a strong scheme. Join our Storage Summit: bit.ly/storage-summit Make a submission: bit.ly/3OFv4EU #SmartEnergy

So. Good. 300 Goulburn residents have bought into a solar farm being built by a community org on the town's outskirts to feed power into the grid. "I think people are just excited that the community is owning it and it's not some big foreign company." abc.net.au/news/2023-08-1…

Exciting news! 🌟 You can now read the BREAZE Inc. Regional Guide to Community Energy - a great tool to kick off conversations about renewables and cheaper greener energy in your community🔋 Thanks @BREAZEtweets for making us a part of this project! hepburnznet.org.au/program/commun…

The first global temperature data is in for the full month of September. This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. JRA-55 beat the prior monthly record by over 0.5C, and was around 1.8C warmer than preindutrial levels.