BENDIGO Sustainability Group has been announced as the lead of the new Community Power Hub Loddon Mallee.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s appointment to the role by Sustainability Victoria includes about $800,000 in funding to carry out solar rooftop projects across the region.<\/p>\n
President of the BSG Colin Lambie said the new role builds on their experience operating the Bendigo Community Power Hub which has been responsible for implementing a number of solar rooftop projects across the city including at the Bendigo Tramways Depot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re planning to do more of those sorts of things where we have community groups or individuals in the community investing in solar rooftop projects,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very much about upskilling or passing on the skills that we have got over the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Lambie said the group have five implementation-ready projects across the region, with one in Mildura and four in Bendigo.<\/p>\n
BSG will partially fund the installation of solar panels totalling 100-kilowatts in capacity at Bendigo Foodshare, as well as a backup battery, for one of the projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cUp in Mildura one of the amounts of funding we\u2019ve got is to put solar on a sporting facility owned by the council,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Lambie said the group are also planning to employ staff in some towns across the region to assist with the projects and partner with local sustainability groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has involved a lot of volunteer time over the last several years, and no doubt will involve more over the next few years, but ultimately we\u2019d like to see people paid to do the work that\u2019s got to be done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope to upskill all those people and they can then go on and do more of this into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BENDIGO Sustainability Group has been announced as the lead of the new Community Power Hub Loddon Mallee. The group\u2019s appointment to the role by Sustainability Victoria includes about $800,000 in funding to carry out solar rooftop projects across the region. President of the BSG Colin Lambie said the new role builds on their experience operating […]<\/p>\n