<div dir="ltr">Town energy... can Quaama or Tilba be self reliant on power?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Zena Armstrong </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt">The Cobargo Community Bushfire Recovery Fund is hosting a presentation on town energy transition. Totally Renewable Yackandandah (north east Victoria) will present their efforts to transition to a resilient 100%  renewable energy supply, by 2022. Community energy specialists, Mondo, will also share a little of their work on microgrids.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><i>"How can all the electricity a town uses be generated locally? Totally Renewable Yackandandah partners with the local community and relevant organisations to inspire and facilitate projects that transition to clean, local sources of energy. This involves reducing consumption and strategically enabling renewable energy generation, storage and sharing.</i></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><i>We have a 5-stage road-map that guides us through the steps required, including solar and storage installations at residential and community properties, a mini grid to connect it all and a community energy retailer to facilitate the trading and sharing of energy.</i></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><i>A small group of residents were recently connected to the third microgrid in our town."  </i><a href="https://totallyrenewableyack.org.au/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" target="_blank"><i>https://totallyrenewableyack.org.au/</i></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt">Where: Cobargo School of Arts Hall</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt">When: Tuesday, 10^th<span> </span>March</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt">Time: 7:30pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All welcome to join the discussion!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt"> ===========</span></p></div></div></div>