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Community groups have labelled the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy’s decision not to announce funding for Local Energy Hubs at last night’s Hunter Community Alliance (HCA) Assembly as a missed opportunity. An...

Mitchell Community Energy will launch its local volunteer-run energy hub at Seymour Library this Friday.  The hub will provide independent advice and resources to help locals navigate the shift to renewable energy and highlights...

As Ausgrid consults communities about upgrades to critical network infrastructure to support the Hunter Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone, local groups are urging the Federal Government to deliver a Local Energy Hub to the...

Unreliable coal-fired power generators and a lack of adequate transmission infrastructure are driving energy prices up according to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics Report out today. The data shows that states...

The findings in the Climate Council’s report Electric Shock! Australia’s Lightbulb Moment, released today, confirm the huge information gap that exists among communities when it comes to renewable energy – most Australians don’t know...

"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...

"As hosts to much of the energy generation and distribution infrastructure, regional Australians deserve a concerted focus on what their needs are and how they can be met, and that’s why the Smart Energy...

"Wangaratta-based Indi Independent federal MP Helen Haines is continuing to pursue Local Energy Hubs in regional Australia, believing they are “the vital missing link” with communities, in the nation's goal of achieving net zero emissions by...

Farmers, retired coal workers and local government representatives have travelled to Canberra to explain why Local Energy Hubs are urgently needed in their communities. The group briefed politicians at an event hosted by the...

Many regional communities perceive the renewables rollout as something being done to them, not with them, but research suggests views are not fixed. RE-Alliance is pushing for the federal government to fund Local Energy...