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Who Profits from the Protest? Transmission, Turbines, and the Dark Money of Distrust

In the Wimmera Mallee town of St Arnaud in 2023, around 300 residents joined a tractor rally through the streets to protest renewable energy infrastructure. At a community meeting about the proposed VNI West transmission project, government representatives were heckled until Victoria Police advised the meeting be adjourned. More than 80 landholders signed a declaration refusing survey access to the company responsible for building the transmission line. Many of them had first learned their properties were in the proposed corridor through a QR code in a local newspaper.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-30-who-profits-from-the-protest/

Who Profits from the Protest? Transmission, Turbines, and the Dark Money of Distrust

Australia's broken donation laws are the hidden infrastructure behind manufactured opposition to renewable energy — and it's farmers and regional communities paying the price.

Digital Nomad

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Richard R Lee Jun 2

#CommunityEnergy in the #EU. #EnergyIndependence #EnergyResilience.
@Energy4Europe

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Richard R Lee May 29

#CitizenScience an #CommunityEnergy go together. #Decarbonization #EnergyIndependence. @Energy4Europe

Richard R Lee May 10

#Community-based #CarSharing goes back to the #ZipCar. It was a noble idea then and still is now. Key to its success is breaking the #paradigm of #CarOwnership, an irrational need in today's world. #Decarbonization #CommunityEnergy. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/10/a-long-road-ahead-could-community-car-sharing-help-uk-hit-climate-targets?CMP=share_btn_url

‘A long road ahead’: could community car-sharing help UK hit climate targets?

East Midlands electric car club helps residents and cuts emissions – but the need for a volunteer-led scheme reflects a much wider problem

The Guardian

Richard R Lee May 8

#CommunityEnergy is mainstream across the world. It comes in many forms, sizes and shapes, but at its core is #EnergyIndependence. What are you waiting for?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/08/a-share-in-the-delight-the-people-investing-in-the-uks-first-community-owned-solar-battery?CMP=share_btn_url

‘A share in the delight’: the people investing in the UK’s first community-owned solar battery

Oxfordshire’s Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demand

The Guardian

garethclubb May 1

Superb analysis of Welsh party manifestos by Community Energy Wales. See which parties best support empowering communities on energy.

https://communityenergy.wales/news/community-energy-how-do-welsh-manifestos-stack-up

#Politics #Energy #Renewables #CommunityEnergy #Wales #Cymru

Community Energy: How Do Welsh Manifestos Stack Up?

Community Energy Wales

Andy Allan Apr 30

It's a sunny day today, which reminds me there are currently three community energy investment opportunities open on Ethex!

https://www.ethex.org.uk/investments

Kent Community Energy, Bath & West Community Energy, and the Low Carbon Hub.

The last one is particularly interesting to me because they are raising funds to buy a battery for an existing solar park - they produce more solar than they can export during the middle of the day, so want to do some time-shifting of that power.

#CommunityEnergy #solar

Latest investment opportunities on Ethex

View live investment opportunities from extraordinary organisations and be informed of future Ethex offers. Capital at risk.

Ethex

windkit Apr 28

🌪 Resin, coils and a big milestone for windkit ⚡️

We’ve successfully improved our vacuum infusion process for casting the stator — a huge step toward making production more reliable and replicable.

The stator is where electricity is generated — it sits between the magnetic rotor discs and transforms rotation into power.

#windkit #opensourcehardware #vacuuminfusion #digitalfabrication #renewableenergy #makerspace #laudsfactories #communityenergy #diyenergy #distributedmanufacturing

tenspiders Apr 19

Tonight is #Brighton #HanoverAction film night!
‘Power Station’ about community power generation. Sold out, which is promising.
#CommunityEnergy #SolarPunk

https://hanover-action.org.uk/actions-and-events/