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 - Philippa Rowland accepting the Award
Climate change group, Clean Energy For Eternity (CEFE), has won the Environment and Landcare category for the 2008 NSW/ACT Regional Achievement & Community Awards announced in Coffs Harbour on 8th November 2008.
The award marks a watershed week, just four days after Federal funding was confirmed for CEFE’s feasibility study into Australia’s first community solar farm.
The Award, sponsored by Prime Television and the Commonwealth Bank, acknowledges individuals and orga
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Mr Garnaut was commissioned by the Rudd government in opposition to look at the economic impact of climate change in Australia . Suprisingly, this was the first time that our nation had looked at the economics of
 - A mysterious Cooma water tank Oct 08
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Federal Member for Eden-Monato Mike Kelly has announced the Federal Government will fund a scoping study up to $100 000 for a solar farm in the Bega Valley area.
Mr Kelly, on behalf of the Minister for Climate Change and Water and Penny Wong and Minister for Environment Peter Garrett, announced the funding in a presentation on the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme at the climate change forum in Bega on Wednesday night (5/11/08).
:I am proud to announce the government has acted on another election promise and will fund a feasibility study into a solar farm in Eden-Monaro, and I hope this will be a first step in getting a solar farm on the South Coast" Mr Kelly said.
The funding comes from the Federal Government's Green Precincts Fund which supports local communities to better manage water and energy use for current and future generations.
"Before the election I made a cmmitment that the government would fund a feasibility study with the aim of establishing a 1-2 megawatt solar farm on the South Coast", Mr Kelly said.
"A solar farm here could provide enough energy to power 1000 homes and provide a working example of green energy working for a regional community
"Clean Energy For Eternity has been working with me to make this project happen and it is great news the government is putting $100 000 towards the feasibility of a solar farm in the Bega Valley.
"Should the project go ahead, the government will consider up to an additional $1 million in matching funds to support the construction of the solar farm."
Mr Kelly also said he would continue to work hard with a number of community projects to reduce carbon pollution and increase the renewable energy use in the region.
Bega District News
 - Gabi Harding, Chris Kowall, Prue Kelly and Philippa Rowland
CEFE take the torch from the mountains to the sea over the October long weekend. Click on photo to view gallery.
Clean Energy For Eternity have been involved in the construction of over 40 human signs, and there have been many other human signs around the country calling for action on climate change. We have learnt many lessons about the construction of large scale grass roots images, and would like to share ...[read the full article]
 - A $10000 cheque presented to the Tathra primary school for a wind turbine after the Bega River LifeSaving Energy Big Swim.It looks as if we will have a 400 Watt Soma wind turbine installed by September
 - Luke Hamilton, Mark Canaider, Sascha Sacharov, Matthew Nott, Grant Prowse, Giles Ellingworth and Rob Gordijn before the Bega River LifeSaving Energy Big Swim on 8/6/08. Almost $10000 was made for a wind turbine for the Tathra primary school.Photo by Lewis Nott Click on photo to view gallery Go to the video page to view movie
 - Nimitabel primary school 21/5/08
The Nimitabel primary school has 30 students and 2 teachers. The school population was 70 students 10 years ago, but has fallen to 30 enrollments, so consequently the schools funding has decreased. Despite reduced funding, the schools electricity bill remains high, so the school has decided to adopt renewable energy so they can afford to buy more books for students. There is a great wind resource on the Monaro, so why not use it. Here is the schools human sign of a rotating wind turbine. Go to the "Video"page to view movie.
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One of the strong messages highlighted by Dr Mark Diesendorf (Uni of NSW) at the Monaro/ Snowy Mountains Renewable Energy Forum held in Berridale on Nov 6 08 was that we do have the necessary technologies available right now to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% within just a few decades given social and political will to make it happen. Dr Mike Kelly (Federal Member for Eden-Monaro) agreed that action on clim
It is the year 2020, and Eden-Monaro looks quite different to what it was in 2008.
There are some obvious big differences. There is a wind farm on the Monaro, quietly producing more than half of our regions electricity needs. With this wind farm alone, we h
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We the people of the Bega Valley support the objective of meeting a target of a reduction in our energy use by 50% and generation of 50% clean energy by the year 2020 in order to tackle climate change.
Further, we request that the Bega Valley Shire Council commit to working with the community to meet these targets and to establish a working group with the aim of reducing greenhouse emissions within the Shire. The working group will report back to the community within 6 months.
After six months work, the Clean Energy Action Plan - Towards 50/50 by 2020 in the Bega Valley Shire has been released to the community.
Produced by the seven member Clean Energy Working Group, it makes urgent recommendations for actions needed to turn our 50/50 by 2020 targets into reality, highlighting some exciting possibilities for Bega Valley Shire.
Initial feedback has been extremely positive, with other communities and shires keen to use the report as a model for their own action plans. Helpful criticism has also been gratefully received, highlighting areas for further work and ways of communicating better.
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