Join more than 150 people who have filled in the Northern Rivers Community Biohubs survey to express their views about bioenergy industries in the region. The survey is open until Friday 4 December 2015. Click here to share your thoughts: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/support_for_bioenergy_2015 By completing the survey, you can help inform the Northern Rivers Community Biohubs project […]
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2015 North Coast Energy Drinks – get energised!
Be part of an evening of drinks, nibblies and networking at the 2015 North Coast Energy Drinks event, hosted by Byron Shire Council on behalf of the North Coast Energy Forum. Giles Parkinson from Renew Economy will be the keynote speaker on the night, giving his view on what will happen when the generous feed-in-tariff […]
Share your thoughts at free bioenergy workshops
You are invited to participate in interactive workshops to help assess community support for prospective bioenergy projects in the Northern Rivers. Bioenergy is a form of energy produced from biomass, i.e. materials derived from plants, animals and their by-products. Examples include sugar cane residue, livestock waste, municipal green waste, forestry residues, and plants/weeds grown for […]
Additional funding for the NR Biohubs project
Regional Development Australia Northern Rivers (RDA-NR) have contributed $40,000 to the ‘Northern Rivers Biohubs project’. The Sustain Energy working group established the project with the aim of quantifying potential sources of biomass and testing the suitability of bioenergy technology. The project received $40,000 in funding from the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) ‘Growing Community Energy’ […]
Welcome to the new Sustain Northern Rivers website
Welcome to the new Sustain Northern Rivers website.