The very best solar innovation and community engagement
The Australia-first solar project in Yackandandah has picked up two of the inaugural Energy Consumers Australia awards, winning the customer engagement and innovation categories. Community energy manager Mark Judd traveled to Canberra to receive the honour and said he was pleased with the recognition for an energy-saving project.“The community engagement that we did with Yackandandah is […]
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Community energy retailer the next step for Yackandandah
Establishing a community energy retailer will be the next step for Totally Renewable Yackandandah and AusNet Services in the town becoming fully sustainably powered by 2020. Australia’s first commercial mini grid, made possible through the partnership, was launched on Friday. Mark Judd of Mondo Power, part of AusNet Services, said there were now 161 houses with […]
More >Totally Renewable Yackandandah wins national Banksia Foundation environment award
The community project working to transform Yackandandah into a town powered by solar energy has been honoured with a national environment award. Totally Renewable Yackandandah was presented with the Banksia Foundation’s sustainable and resilient communities award at a ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday night. Co-chair Matthew Charles-Jones said the group was thrilled with the award. “It’s an acknowledgement […]
More >Totally Renewable Yackandandah’s dream becomes reality in solar power switch on
Years of ideas and planning by Totally Renewable Yackandandah has paid off with the installation of a world-first solar system in homes. Geordie Graham never had solar power on his home before, but now has a six-kilowatt system with about 20 panels on his roof, plus a battery and “ubi” computer system installed at the side […]
More >Solar energy computers ready for Australia-first trial in Yackandandah
A new smart device which will tell residents how to best control their energy use has been introduced to solar installation crews in Yackandandah. The “ubi” has been designed by AusNet’s Mondo energy service and will be installed at homes in conjunction with solar panels and battery storage in an Australia-first trial.Mondo acting project manager Simon Priest […]
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It’s time to support community energy projects – Cathy McGowan
It’s time for the government to do its bit supporting community energy, Cathy told the Parliament on August 14th 2017. Cathy acknowledged Indigo, Wodonga and Benalla councils, the Winton Wetlands, Renewable Albury Wodonga, Totally Renewable Yackandandah, the Benalla Sustainable Future Group, the Up2Us Landcare group in Mansfield, the Wangaratta Sustainability Network, the Murrindindi Climate Network, North East Water, and […]
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Funding success for Indigo Shire
Congratulations to our neighbours TRY, who together with Indigo Council have been successful in New Energy Jobs Fund application for exploring a community owned energy retailer. This is an exciting area and we will be interested in their findings.
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Community Energy Congress, Melbourne
The premier event on Australia’s community energy calendar brought together over 500 people, including RAW representatives, to strengthen this budding sector. Find out what happened here: http://c4ce.net.au/congress/congress-output/
More > Congress taps into growing energy for renewables
In 1997, when I got my first brick-sized mobile phone, there was no way I’d have predicted that in 20 years I could make video calls on a miniature computer. We know technological change moves fast, perhaps nowhere more so than in the electricity sector. From President Barack Obama to Australia’s peak industry association the AI […]
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