11 April 2021 | Clean energy |
A community battery for Macleod? Sustainable Macleod and Banyule Clean Energy Group are actively looking at the feasibility of community batteries in Banyule. The building of a large battery storage by Tesla in Hornsdale, SA, brought large-scale battery storage to...
15 February 2021 | Clean energy |
Macleod Community Bus Community buses are not a new idea, with municipalities and towns offering some form of local community bus service. Many of these services are designed specifically for people who have no other ready means of transport, such as the elderly and...
17 November 2020 | Clean energy, Climate change, News
Banyule Community Climate Action Plan Banyule City Council has released the final version of the Community Climate Action Plan in response to the declaration of a climate emergency by the Council in 2018. The Plan is a companion to the Banyule City Council’s...
12 October 2020 | Clean energy
Driving down emissions While much of the focus on reducing CO2 emissions has been on the reduction of fossil fuel use in electricity generation, transport emissions are the second-largest contributor to the problem, after electricity, and warrant attention. Road...
14 September 2020 | Clean energy, News
A clean energy plan for Banyule Banyule City Council has released the Community Climate Action Plan, following feedback and submissions through the Shaping Banyule Portal on the BCC website. The Plan is intended to have the Council take the lead in “planning...
5 August 2020 | Clean energy
Natural gas – part of the solution, or part of the problem? So-called ‘natural’ gas was – and still is – touted as a ‘clean’ fuel. I recall when it was first introduced in Melbourne in 1969. Until that point, ‘town...
