If you have damaged solar panels or old panels that are no longer required, or a storage battery that fails, what can you do with them? And if your installer takes your discarded panels, where do they end up? Until recently, the answer was that they ended up in landfill.
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All things renewable energy: community energy groups, solar and wind technologies, Zero Net Emission Towns
Z-NET Hepburn
What’s involved in transitioning an entire shire to renewable energy and reducing their overall emissions, and how do they hope to get there? Continue reading “Z-NET Hepburn”
What is driving community energy?
Community renewable energy is experiencing rapid growth around Australia at the moment and north-eastern Victoria is no exception. Although cheaper technology explains part of that growth, multiple factors combined with communities taking back an element of control are playing their part too.
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Affordable community energy
In recent years the number of community owned renewable energy groups has grown rapidly. If the experience in the north-east of Victoria is any guide, their advent promises to not only provide cleaner power systems but also make the benefits available to everyone in those communities. Continue reading “Affordable community energy”