"Regional and rural Australians have a healthy level of general support for renewable energy, but sentiment for individual projects is often fragile. The unaddressed issue is the vast “missing middle” of information and coordination in the shift to renewables – and it’s a gap we want to see filled by Local Energy Hubs.

Hubs would benefit industry by facilitating relationships between regional and industry stakeholders and providing clarity and expertise around the engagement that works best for each region. Which is why key industry representatives such as the Smart Energy Council have put out a statement calling on the federal government to “back in and fund Hubs as soon as possible”."

Read '“We like renewables, but …” This is why industry is now calling for Local Energy Hubs' by RE-Alliance National Director Andrew Bray and Community Power Agency Executive Director Jarra Hicks in RenewEconomy.