Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance

"The potential for rural regions to profit in a carbon-constrained economy is significant"

    - 'Reaching for Renewables' report, Trevor Budge et al.

Our regional advantages are:

• Substantial renewable energy resources, enough to provide our own energy requirements and to export zero emission energy to others.
• Substantial potential to sequester carbon and to provide offsets to others through re-vegetation programs.
• Average energy prices that are already higher, so renewables will be cost-effective here (particularly in niche areas) before they are cost-effective in cities.
• Space and scope for development of new energy technologies, with fewer planning issues.
• Innovative communities and organisations willing to embrace and drive change.