The Hub Foundation is delighted to announce that tickets have just sold out for ‘An Evening with Tim Flannery‘ at the Castlemaine Town Hall on Saturday 26 September 2015. A waiting list has been set up in case of any cancellations; please email jo@hubfoundation.org.au The level of interest in this event has been huge. It […]
294 cars off the road thanks to MASH
Solar Matters #10
The electricity retailer Powershop has agreed to be the principal sponsor of An Evening with Tim Flannery to be held at the Castlemaine Town Hall on Saturday 26th September. Powershop has been judged to be the lowest cost and the greenest electricity retailer. According to a Essential Services Commission report “taking into account all available […]
Nancy and Geoff from Kyneton go with MASH2
Nancy and Geoff who live near Kyneton had a 5Kw, 20 panel MASH2 Premium system installed on their home on Wednesday 26 August 2015. Here’s their story in their own words… Why go solar? We believe in the principle of lessening our carbon footprint. Our home in St Andrews was burnt out in the bushfires […]
Solar Matters #9
We often hear conservative commentators lamenting the fact that solar and wind energy are subsidized by electricity consumers. That’s true. In fact the Renewable Energy Target (RET) costs consumers around $1.8B per year. But as always, it’s important to keep things in perspective. Fossil fuels are subsidized by – wait for it – around $11B […]
225 MASH2 Registrations!
August 11th 2015, the day that the 225th person registered for the MASH2 community solar bulk-buy. Not bad going in just two months. Plus 300 new solar rooftops have been ordered through MASH in the last 11 months (that’s MASH stage 1 which completed in March 2015 and the current MASH2 stage which started on 9 June […]
