Our visionary project is to create a zero carbon town within 10 years!
Healesville Community Renewable Energy Inc (Healesville CoRE) is a group of local community volunteers working towards transforming Healesville into a renewable energy town.
Healesville CoRE is excited to announce it will be promoting a Solar & Battery Offer run by the Yarra Ranges Council. Check out our events page for more information on this as we will be launching this at our first free community event of 2020 on the 2nd of March!
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“How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew about this – and I did nothing?”
– Sir David Attenborough
The Victorian government will break away from national electricity supply rules, hoping to short-circuit the bureaucracy keeping the state reliant on a 1960s-era energy grid.
'Energy laws have let us down': Victoria pulls the plug
www.theage.com.au
State government says national bureaucracy is keeping Victoria's grid in the last centuryHealesville CoRE invites you to this exciting event to discuss all your rooftop solar options. We will cover a range of topics, from batteries and microgrids, to the benefits of participating in our promotion of the 2020 Yarra Ranges Council Community Solar and Battery Offer. We are proud to support this new council initiative giving Yarra Ranges residents and businesses unique access to high quality, fair priced solar systems installed by a trusted technician.
Monday 2nd March
7.00 pm – 9.00pm
Darron Honey Centre
(at the rear of the Uniting Church),
Maroondah Hwy, Healesville
Light Refreshments will be served.
Link to event webpage for free registration:
www.healesvillecore.org.au/solar-electricity-production-and-storage-and-yarra-ranges-councils-com...
Tesla Powerwall owners taking part in South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) project have a continuing exciting ride for a few more days yet.
Heywood Interconnector Failure Hammers SA Tesla VPP Battery Owners
www.solarquotes.com.au
A Tesla VPP participant contacted SolarQuotes to tell us he noticed a big upswing in the number of charge/discharge cycles his battery is experiencing.$100 million a year to keep half of Liddell coal-fired power plant alive
www.smh.com.au
AGL considers the ageing power station unviable because of the risk to workers from mechanical failure, cheaper forms of electricity are available and it is unreliable.