Forum - Beyond Coal - 100% Renewables for the Hunter?

Forum - Beyond Coal - 100% Renewables for the Hunter?
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On Wednesday 4th August Climate Action Newcastle will be
holding a forum for the community to learn about the
potential of renewable energy, and start talking about a
future where we don?t need to burn dirty coal to produce
electricity anymore.

The panellists will speak on a range of related issues,
including the technical challenges and solutions, how
communities can take action to create the future they want
to see, and how the transition will affect jobs.

A representative from Beyond Zero Emissions will be
attending to launch their recently released Zero Carbon
Australia Stationary Energy Plan.  This plan shows how we
could provide 100% Renewable energy for Australia by 2020,
including how much it would cost.

Via skype, we will hear from Scott Kinear about how a
community have set up their own wind farm in Victoria, and
from Dr Luis Crespo about how Concentrating Solar Thermal
technology is providing baseload power in Spain.

There will be lots of questions and answers so please come
along to listen, learn and participate.

The forum starts at 6.30pm at Newcastle City Hall.
Entry is by a gold coin donation.

We hope you can join us.

For more info or media enquiries please contact John L Hayes
on 0400 171 602, or <jlhayes@bigpond.com>