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Since 1 January, Byron Shire Council is sourcing 60% of its total electricity needs from one wind farm in the NSW Southern Tablelands (pictured above). The remaining 40% is being sourced from certified GreenPower projects. This means Council has now achieved its 100% renewable energy target five years ahead of its 2027 goal. “Achieving 100 percent of our…
CO2 Drawdown Episode 2: Good Fire
Zero Emissions Byron’s ‘C02 Drawdown Stories’ is a quest to find and share Byron Shire’s most effective carbon sequestration projects and the dedicated, determined champions who are driving them. Episode 2: Good Fire Sequesters Carbon Two passionate local carbon drawdown champions, fire ecologist Dr Andy Baker and Bundjalung cultural fire practitioner Oliver Costello, encourage us…
Instead of using a car for local trips, Gerd & Bavara use their electric scooter
Gerd Kuhlmann supplied this story as an entry to our Fight for Planet A campaign in August 2020 Bavara’s car had broken down, we needed a second vehicle and wanted to avoid another petrol car. New electric cars were still too expensive for a second vehicle. I read an article in my RENEW alternative technology…
Free Power and Cheap Upgrades: A Big Energy Double
Households now have access to two new programs that lower power bills and, just as importantly, help cut the emissions that come from the way we generate and use electricity. Both programs work by shifting how and when we use energy, and by making it cheaper to swap old, inefficient equipment for clean, efficient alternatives. Here is…
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‘A night of action on renewables’ shows keen community interest
Zero Emissions Byron hosted a ‘Night of Action on Renewables’ on August 31st, with an audience of more than 80 people who were all keenly interested in how we can develop renewables in our community. Keynote speaker Taryn Lane, a manager of Hepburn Wind, Australia’s first community-owned cooperative windfarm in Victoria, provided details of how…
