A steady stream of people visited the the MASH2 stand at the Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival on Saturday 27th February. We were delighted by the amount of interest MASH2, said Jo Kaptein, Project Officer at the Hub Foundation Castlemaine. The event was really well organised and we’d like to thank Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group for putting […]
Central Victorians demand government get its climate act together
Over 400 residents from Central Victoria are putting last minute pressure on the state government to set the Victorian Renewable Energy Target at 30% by 2020, significantly higher than the government’s stated minimum of 20%. A petition with over 400 signatures from concerned local people was today presented to Maree Edwards, State Member for Bendigo […]
Come to climate petition handover with MP Maree Edwards, 26 February
If you are around Castlemaine tomorrow Friday 26 February at 1.30pm, it would be great if you could drop by the Mount Alexander Council offices (on Lloyd St, just off Lyttleton St) for a media event: Maree Edwards will be there to receive a 400+ petition signed by locals demanding urgent action on climate change. […]
Last date to REGISTER for a MASH2 system: 29 February 2016
For anyone keen to take advantage of the heavily discounted prices for MASH2, you can still register your interest up to – and including – Monday 29th February. SunEdison, the solar supplier for MASH2, guarantees that quotes are valid for 14 days from date of issue. This means that if you register now (or any day up […]
Local community groups are solar heroes
Congratulations to all the community groups in Mount Alexander Shire and Macedon Ranges/Sunbury who applied for a grant for a solar PV system by the deadline of 2pm today, Friday the 12th of February 2016. Grants of up to $20k per community group for solar PV are being made available by the the Federal Government […]
Powercor’s lowers charge for solar meter configuration
Powercor, the owner and operator of Victoria’s largest electricity distribution network (which includes Mount Alexander Shire and much of Macedon Ranges), has lowered its charges for reconfiguring standard meters for solar to $58 as from the start of 2016. Prior to this, the average cost to customers in the Powercor region for getting their meter configured was […]
