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Located in Leonards Hill, just south of Daylesford in Victoria - Australia's first community-owned wind farm...Now working on being the first hybrid wind, solar and battery cooperative

07/10/2025

Join us and Saul Griffith at the Hotel Bellinzona to launch our Community Electrification Program and Saul's new book, Plug In! The Electrification Handbook.

Paradise Books will be there selling the book and Saul will be doing book signings after the event.

Come in through the main reception, if you would like to grab a drink, head to the Lobby Bar or if you feel like an early dinner the The Virgin Kitchen is open from 5:30pm. You are welcome to bring drinks down to the event in the Piazza Room.

More information and ticket link below.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

You can purchase tickets at https://events.humanitix.com/hepburn-springs-faster-and-fairer-tour-with-dr-saul-griffith

04/10/2025

Our EV charger in Hepburn Springs is still the most popular spot, at least for the last financial year. Out of all our chargers in the Hepburn Shire for FY24, the one in Hepburn Springs had the most visits and energy used. It helped cut down a total of 40.88 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, which is 8 tonnes more than last year!

People tend to charge their cars for longer sessions here, and it’s great for both locals and visitors. Since it’s right at the newly renovated bathhouse, who wouldn’t want to hang out a little longer?

03/10/2025

At our upcoming event (see previous post for more details), .bookshop.daylesford will be selling copies of Chief Scientist, Saul Griffith's, latest book, Plug In! The Electrification Handbook.

01/10/2025

(David Booth) is back on the hill. After painting Gale in 2013 and Gusto in 2015 he has something special in store for Bessie, our community battery.

Stay tuned…

📷 M.A.D Creative Studio

27/09/2025

Last financial year, 19% of our EV charger usage came from locals in the Hepburn Shire.

Daylesford had 10.6% of local use.

Hepburn Springs had 23.3%.

Creswick, last year's winner, hit 26.1%.

But this year, the champ is our Trentham charger, with a fantastic 37.4% of its usage from local residents!

Even with all the tourists visiting, it's clear that our Hepburn Shire locals are making the most of this charger. It’s especially impressive considering all the issues we had getting it online over the period. Thankfully, since the repairs last July, it’s been running like a dream!

25/09/2025

As part of our electrification campaign, supported by Sustainability Victoria, we will be running a series of webinars. We would love to hear your thoughts about what these webinars could look like. Here are a few questions to help:

Who would you like to hear from on home electrification?
What topics on home electrification would you like to know about?
What is your next step in your electrification journey?

If you can take a few minutes to respond in the comments below by 1 October 2025, that would be greatly appreciated.

23/09/2025

TICKETS SELLING FAST...

Australians are keen to electrify their homes and vehicles and save on energy bills, but how can we ensure this happens fairer and faster?

Join Saul Griffith, engineer and Chief Scientist at Rewiring Australia, as he discusses his latest book Plug In! The Electrification Handbook, which provides practical advice for everyday Australians on upgrading their homes and cars.

Local community electrification program launch!

Hepburn Energy and BREAZE Inc will also be launching their regional program to support local households to switch to cheaper electric appliances.

Come along to find out more about how you can get one-on-one electrification support, be a local home energy champion, and the forthcoming series of events.

The Piazza Room, Hotel Bellinzona
Wednesday October 15
Doors open at 6pm
You can purchase tickets at https://events.humanitix.com/hepburn-springs-faster-and-fairer-tour-with-dr-saul-griffith/tickets

20/09/2025

Last financial year, our EV chargers helped cut down on 87.97 tonnes of CO2!

Hepburn Springs took the lead again for the second year in a row with the biggest reduction relative to the energy used. Our chargers are getting a lot of action, and because they are powered by 100% renewable energy are supporting lower emissions locally.

15/09/2025

FUNDRAISING EVENT - ALL PROCEEDS TO LEONARD’S HILL HALL

*10 mins from Daylesford

Leonard's Hill Hall is absolutely THRILLED to be able to offer an exclusive wind farm bus tour on Market Day, Saturday 20 September, and we are so happy to support them.

Whether you are visiting the region for the weekend, or you are a local who would like to know more, jump aboard.

The turbines form part of our unique and beautiful local landscape. You will have the opportunity to learn about our two turbines, Gale and Gusto, from our passionate General Manager Taryn Lane.

The bus will head from the market up to 'Gusto' where you can get out and get close to an operating wind turbine. Please wear appropriate closed shoes and jackets as this is an operating cattle farm with high wind conditions. In the case of rain, this will be a driving tour on the bus.

The co-operative is owned by 2000 members, mainly locals, who invested to build a wind farm that could generate enough energy to power all of the houses from Leonards Hill, through to Daylesford and Hepburn Springs. The wind farm is the first community-owned energy project in Australia, has been operating since 2011, and is currently in the process of adding a community battery on site.

Tickets - $5 General Bus Admission
Kids 2 years and under free (on laps, no seat provided)

Book now via Trybooking.com through the following link: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1463742

Unless sold out, tickets will also be available (from the BBQ stall) on Market Day.

Please arrive at the market early and be ready to board from 10:45am for an 11am departure.
Return to market at 11:45am.
Bus boarding location: bus stop in front of Leonard's Hill Hall

Thank you for supporting our fundraising event!

Leonard's Hill Hall & Country Market

08/09/2025

Australians are keen to electrify their homes and vehicles and save on energy bills, but how can we ensure this happens fairer and faster?

Join Saul Griffith, engineer and Chief Scientist at Rewiring Australia, as he discusses his latest book Plug In! The Electrification Handbook, which provides practical advice for everyday Australians on upgrading their homes and cars.

Local community electrification program launch!

Hepburn Energy and BREAZE Inc will also be launching their regional program to support local households to switch to cheaper electric appliances.

Come along to find out more about how you can get one-on-one electrification support, be a local home energy champion, and the forthcoming series of events.

The Piazza Room, Hotel Bellinzona
Wednesday October 15
Doors open at 6pm
You can purchase tickets at https://events.humanitix.com/hepburn-springs-faster-and-fairer-tour-with-dr-saul-griffith/tickets

02/09/2025

A huge thanks to friend of the co-op Elkie for this gorgeous shot of our wind farm from the sky a few weeks ago!

01/09/2025

Thanks to Rodd and Stephen from Acacia Energy for making the effort to come out to Leonards Hill last week.
They will be an important partner in the ecosystem of support services we are putting together for Bessie our community battery. Acacia Energy will be taking on NEM settlement for the co-op going forward!

Address

Leonards Hill, VIC

Website

http://www.hepburnenergy.coop/

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