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"I think Hay is a brilliant case study of what we can and should do across regional Australia." Ms Haines wants hubs in renewable energy zones staffed by neutral advisors. "I want this to...

“In communicating with the regions you need to be providing information that’s locally based, that’s easy for people to access, and expressed in ways that makes sense to them in the place they live.”...

New polling shows the majority of Australians have no idea how much progress has been made in shifting the national electricity grid to one powered by renewable sources. The latest Essential Report shows just...

"Local Energy Hubs would be great as a network across the nation because our rural communities are expected to do a lot of the heavy lifting with the transition as we move away from coal,...

Two federal Hunter MPs have expressed their support for the creation of local energy hubs in the region. "Local communities at the forefront of energy transition like Newcastle and the Hunter, stand to benefit from...

A raft of Federal and State MPs and more than 40 Local Government representatives have joined a growing call for the federal government to fund and resource Local Energy Hubs: physical centres with a...

A new campaign urging the government to invest in 'Local Energy Hubs' centred on three regional Australian farmers’ experience with the shift to renewable energy has kicked off. Read ''Hubs' can make renewable energy...

Narrabri farmer and managing director of Geni.Energy, Sally Hunter, is being featured in a national campaign that urges the federal government to invest in local energy hubs to help communities shift to clean energy....

A local farmer has joined a campaign calling for hubs to inform communities about renewables. Sixth-generation Wellington merino farmer Tony Inder said when major renewables developments started springing up in his community he didn't know...

"Advice is critical at the right time. We've certainly learnt a lot of dos and don'ts in our negotiations over time and if an energy hub can save the pitfalls of that, that'd be...