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Matthew Charles-Jones being videoed by Gerald Wiblin for the Premiers Sustainability Awards

A local hero and finalists for a sustainability award


With the intensity of pandemic restrictions, home schooling and the chaos of border closure effects, a couple of achievements almost slipped by unnoticed. TRY’s Chairperson, cofounder and long-time renewable energy … Continue reading A local hero and finalists for a sustainability award

Posted on November 19, 2020July 2, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags awards, VPP1 Comment

2020 AGM Round Up


TRY’s Annual General Meeting was held on the 21 October via an online forum, as was appropriate for the strange year that 2020 has been. It was kept short and … Continue reading 2020 AGM Round Up

Posted on October 30, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags AGMLeave a comment

A Local Power Plan for the regions


TRY has been one of many community groups contributing to a detailed plan for bringing renewable energy benefits to regional and rural areas. The article below appeared in the October/November … Continue reading A Local Power Plan for the regions

Posted on October 3, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags community energy, policyLeave a comment
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Supersizing a community battery


TRY and Indigo Power were on the PRIME7 News with the announcement of grant funding from the Victorian Government for our first community-scale battery storage facility, Yack01. We were very … Continue reading Supersizing a community battery

Posted on October 2, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags Battery storage, Indigo PowerLeave a comment

2020 Annual General Meeting


The 2020 TRY Inc. AGM will be held onWednesday, October 21st, at 7.30pm [Edit: The AGM Agenda is available here] This will be an on-line meeting, via Zoom, in line … Continue reading 2020 Annual General Meeting

Posted on September 18, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags AGM2 Comments

Seeking solar sites


TRY is seeking spaces to scale up to 100% As your local community energy group, TRY has worked hard at getting solar systems onto Yack rooftops with the awesome result … Continue reading Seeking solar sites

Posted on September 13, 2020March 29, 2021Author Matt CJCategories NewsTags Solar sitesLeave a comment
A screenshot of the Royal Auto article

RACV’s People Power


Matthew Charles-Jones, TRY Chairperson, was recently interviewed for an article on three Victorian community’s efforts to power up in different ways: the communities were Yackandandah, Hepburn Shire, Preston in Melbourne, … Continue reading RACV’s People Power

Posted on July 1, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags mediaLeave a comment
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Looking at reliability


TRY’s chair Matt Charles-Jones was a guest on ABC Radio Melbourne’s The Conversation Hour yesterday, discussing grid reliability and energy options with Warwick Long. He appeared alongside Tony Wood (Grattan … Continue reading Looking at reliability

Posted on June 26, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags media, reliabilityLeave a comment
Two women and two men stand in front of some batteries and inverters holding a golden yak

Community-scale pumped hydro & battery storage


Great excitement today as TRY was successful with a grant application to the Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund, setting us up for determining the best community-scale generation and storage … Continue reading Community-scale pumped hydro & battery storage

Posted on June 5, 2020March 29, 2021Author Juliette MilbankCategories NewsTags grants, scaled storageLeave a comment
Simon Duncan interviews Matt Charles-Jones

Voices from the North East


TRY recently participated in a podcast on community energy groups in north-east Victoria called Voices from the North East. With the final episode of the series now released, if you’re … Continue reading Voices from the North East

Posted on April 1, 2020March 29, 2021Author Matt CJCategories NewsTags community energyLeave a comment

Community Energy Hub Launch


Great excitement was afoot in the Yackandandah Public Hall on Thursday night as the Yackandandah Community Energy Hub was launched! A full house listened to Cathy McGowan AO, Cr Jenny … Continue reading Community Energy Hub Launch

Posted on November 29, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

Launch of the Yackandandah virtual power plant


We had a terrific and intimate celebration in Yack today to flag the completion of 10 solar installations on public buildings, three of which have batteries. After five years of … Continue reading Launch of the Yackandandah virtual power plant

Posted on September 25, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories News2 Comments

Launching Kangaloola’s fantastic new battery system


We had a second little celebration today, this one a very quiet affair out at the Kangaloola Wildlife Shelter – to celebrate the completion of a fund raising push (and … Continue reading Launching Kangaloola’s fantastic new battery system

Posted on September 25, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories News1 Comment

Check out TRY’s new Power to Change video


TRY has documented some of the inspiring motivations and actions for our 100% target. Check out the following two videos which show how far we’ve come in 5 years. Yackandandah … Continue reading Check out TRY’s new Power to Change video

Posted on September 6, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment
aerial view of Yackandandah main street

TRY’s NEW Energy Coaching service!


Keen to do more in your home to reduce your carbon footprint? Not sure where to start? Did you know that heating, cooling and water heating generally account for more … Continue reading TRY’s NEW Energy Coaching service!

Posted on September 1, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

Public Hall solar and battery installation comes online


Happy days for the Yack Public Hall after 5 years of concerted effort. The hall now has 11 kW of solar PV, and a premium SP Pro battery inverter, paired … Continue reading Public Hall solar and battery installation comes online

Posted on August 30, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

Clean Energy Council Awards 2019


On July 30, Mondo won the Clean Energy Council’s prestigious Community Engagement Award for their partnership with TRY. The award recognises the commitment displayed by both parties in the pursuit … Continue reading Clean Energy Council Awards 2019

Posted on July 30, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

Energy efficient hot water!


Indigo Power and Totally Renewable Yackandandah are  conducting a Regional Bulk Buy of two energy-efficient hot water systems (HWS): Reclaim CO2 heat pumps and Apricus evacuated tube solar HWS. For … Continue reading Energy efficient hot water!

Posted on July 16, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

BIG BATTERY FUND RAISER. CAN YACK DO IT!


Now more than ever, we need ambitious projects that tackle climate change and support community. WE ARE FUNDRAISING TO BUILD AUSTRALIA’S FIRST EVER COMMUNITY-OWNED SOLAR AND BATTERY PROJECT. TRY is … Continue reading BIG BATTERY FUND RAISER. CAN YACK DO IT!

Posted on June 13, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

Battery installed at the Yack CFA


No sign of fires for the Yack CFA volunteers, but they were greeted with the final piece of their energy system: a 13 kWh LG Chem Resu battery…. Hoorah! An … Continue reading Battery installed at the Yack CFA

Posted on June 8, 2019March 29, 2021Author Alicia QuaglioCategories NewsLeave a comment

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