TRY partners with the local community and relevant organisations to inspire projects that transition Yackandandah to clean, local sources of energy. Here you can discover the latest news, musings about the 100% journey on our blog, or take a look at our major projects.
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It’s not always staight forward and there are plenty of obstacles along the way but results for the community are worthwhile.
The arrival of the first EV charger in Yackandandah has been a highly collaborative endeavour with the goal to serve people with clean, local and renewable power.
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It is an exciting time to be thinking about newer, smarter, more local power. Yack abounds in great stories of homes stepping over to solar systems. As the quality of equipment continues to improve, costs become more affordable and the wealth of evidence in lived experience and research expands.
Continue reading “Project: Electrifying Households”
What does it take and what’s the best way of reaching 100% renewables – that’s what the 100% feasibility study is all about.
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TRY is excited to announce the progress of our second community battery Yack02, made possible with significant financial support from the Victorian Government’s 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program and grant funding from the Australian Ethical Foundation. We are also grateful for the support of the Yackandandah Community Centre, which contributed through its Community Grants program.
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One of the things that’s needed when transitioning to 100% renewable energy is some form of storage: to take the renewable energy such as solar energy when it’s plentiful, and allow use at a later time when generation isn’t plentiful. The simplest solution is storage batteries.
Continue reading “Project: Yack01 Community Battery”
The community Virtual Power Plant is a network of community buildings with solar installations, and some with batteries and efficient CO2 heat pump hot water systems.
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