Nine News Central Victoria covered our story on Sept 3, with this report. Energy for the People’s Tosh Szatow explains what’s going on. We don’t have any sites for a solar farm at all, contrary to what this report suggests. That… read more
Small Town, Big Switch: a report that shows how to make the impossible, possible
Renewable energy and lower power bills. People says it’s an impossible mix. Renewable Newstead’s model for switching to 100 per cent, locally generated renewable energy suggests otherwise. We released our report “Small Town, Big… read more
RN to share ways to go 100% renewable – Sun, Feb 11, 2018
What will happen to power bills in Newstead if the town switches to renewable energy? RN has looked at the implications & we’re ready to put Newstead’s options for the big switch to the people of our community. So, we appeal… read more
Key step in Renewable Newstead project
Renewable Newstead cordially invites Newstead residents to an announcement about a key achievement in our Renewable Newstead project this Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018. The Member for Bendigo West, Maree Edwards, is due to make the announcement at 10am… read more
Will the RN project cut your energy costs & how will it work anyway?
Will the Renewable Newstead project cut your household or business energy costs? And how will it work anyway? And what does hosting solar panels mean? Do you need to pay for them or… read more
RN & Powercor to meet energy regulator – tariffs a key focus
Community group Newstead 2021 Inc and electricity distributor Powercor have met to consider options to switch the town to renewable energy as part of the Renewable Newstead project The partners will come together to meet the Australian Energy… read more
Making renewable energy cheaper than the dirty stuff – RN’s challenge
So far, we have engaged with the power distributor, Powercor, the company that owns the poles and wires that get electricity to us. We now know our town uses about 2,340,000 kWh of energy annually – that’s just the 400 or so homes and… read more