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\"Newstead<\/p>\n

The town of Newstead in Central Victoria is another step close to achieving its ambitious solar energy goals.<\/p>\n

Newstead is situated in the Shire of Mount Alexander and is around 1.5 hours north-west of Melbourne. Solar is very popular in Newstead<\/a> and is set to play an even bigger role in the town’s future.<\/span> The Renewable Newstead<\/a> project has a goal to supply the town with equivalent of 100 per cent renewable energy for its electricity requirements – all locally generated. Key to this is a proposed 9MW solar farm.<\/p>\n

The project has gained significant support from the Victorian Government, which provided $200,000 in 2015 to fund the development of sustainable long-term model for a small town to generate its own electricity using renewables. Then last year, the Victorian Government kicked in\u00a0$1 million for the solar farm project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since that time, Renewable Newstead has been lining up its ducks and yesterday provided an update, stating its application for a planning permit has been lodged with the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.<\/p>\n

The site chosen for the proposed solar farm is situated 3 kilometres west of Newstead at the corner of Captain Gully Rd and Clarkes Lane, which will host up to 27,400 solar panels. While a community meeting couldn’t be held to discuss the chosen site due to COVID-19 restrictions, a webinar was held on July 1 and drop-in sessions occurred at Newstead’s Rural Transaction Centre.<\/p>\n

Renewable Newstead says the solar farm will be managed by a retail partner and locals will be able to opt-in if they choose, with those that do benefiting from cheaper electricity rates for day time energy use. The facility is to be constructed and managed by a commercial partner.<\/p>\n

The planning application is on the Renewable Newstead web site<\/a>, but at the time of writing it was password protected. Full details of the application also weren’t yet available on the DELWP website.<\/p>\n

Other Victorian towns eyeing a locally generated 100% renewables based electricity supply include Yackandandah<\/a> and Beechworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mount Alexander Shire Zero-Net Emissions Project<\/h2>\n

There’s a lot of other interesting stuff happening across the shire in terms of energy and addressing emissions.<\/p>\n

Mount Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG) is in the process of developing master plan for attaining a goal of community-wide zero-net emissions<\/a>, which should be ready to release in 2021. As part of the MAS Z-NET plan’s development, a survey has been launched to better understand among other issues how residents currently use energy in their homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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