"Australia's first community-owned clean energy generator and retailer is taking shape in the counter-culture capital of Australia.
Known for its alternative lifestyles, the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales is hoping to establish a not-for-profit energy company - Northern Rivers Energy - to rival the big retailers.
The electricity industry however remains highly sceptical a renewable energy generator and retailer would be able to compete on price.
It has been a magnet for so-called hippies, surfers and tree changers so it is no surprise councils and businesses in this eco-friendly region of NSW are turning to solar for a range of industrial practises, while local dairy and sugar farmers are generating their own electricity from methane and cane waste." ... Click here to read more
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