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31 January 2014!
Hepburn Wind!
"! First community owned wind farm built in Australia ! "! 2 turbines generating since June 2011, enough to power the town ! "! local response to global issue! "! harness the skills and capital of the community! "! focus on returning benets to community community enterprise model!
"! noise! "! bats / avifauna! "! cultural heritage! "! visual assessment! "! EMI!
What is embark?!
"! Independent, non-prot, operates under Creative Commons for IP.! "! Online wiki resource to guide communities.! "! Building the community energy sector, social license and stakeholders.! "! Replicate the Hepburn Model for community wind.! "! Build a community solar model for other communities to replicate: 400kW system at Darling Harbour Sydney.! "! Action oriented, eliminating barriers, mentoring, seeks pro bono assistance for groups.!
Collaborative networking!
"! C4CE "develop research, build capacity in the sector, lobby for better policy conditions, raise the prole of community energy! "! First project Fund Community Energy Campaign: community organising model, to lobby for a $50m fund to kickstart the community energy sector.! "! Next "national community energy strategy development and community energy congress June 2014 in Canberra!