🔆 A case study and webinar recording about the Point Pearce Aboriginal Community Solar and Battery Project with utility AGL is now available 🔆
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/case_study_p... #auspol #sapol #mobsky #energysky
For First Nations communities, energy insecurity is not new. But the shift to renewables is more urgent than ever
reneweconomy.com.au/for-first-na... #auspol #energysky #mobsky
We’ve confirmed a date for our next First Nations Clean Energy Symposium - where we’ll also be celebrating our 5th birthday!
Register your interest today!
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/save_the_dat... #mobsky #energysky #auspol
🔆 Hey First Nations in Western Australia 🔆
The Clean Energy Future Fund is closing very soon - check out the opportunity on our website
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/western_aust... #auspol #mobsky #cleanenergy #energysky
Amid the developing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, many of us and our critical industries are feeling the pinch. In remote First Nations communities primarily reliant on diesel power, price hikes are a reminder of a deeper ongoing vulnerability.
reneweconomy.com.au/for-first-na... #auspol
🔆Hey First Nations 🔆
Over $8 million in Federal govt funding is available now for First Nations seeking advice and engagement on planning, negotiating or learning about clean energy.
Applications close when funds are exhausted.
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/grant_fundin... #auspol #mobsky
'I've been developing a framework for thinking about First Nations wealth that puts ‘flow' at the centre. Instead of asking what land is worth as a capital asset, it asks what Country produces over time, for the people who hold rights in it.'
- Kado Muir
nit.com.au/30-03-2026/2... #auspol #mobsky
A First Nations-led gathering on Dja Dja Wurrung djandak (Country) today will share deep learnings on negotiation strategies, getting strong agreements, and the risks and benefits of pursuing equity participation and co-ownership in clean energy project development in Victoria. #mobsky #vicpol
🔆 Hey First Nations 🔆
Funding available for your clean energy journey!
Grants are available to implement the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy, recognising our people are critical to achieving the clean energy transition at the pace and scale required
See business.gov.au/grants-and-p... #mobsky
"It seems like there's a reasonable number of proponents open to the co-ownership prospect"
Gavin Brown, a Director of Wambal Bila established to hold the Wellington Aboriginal community’s option for an equity stake in the Bulabul Battery project
reneweconomy.com.au/co-ownership... #mobsky #auspol
The First Nations Clean Energy Network has released a new guide designed to support First Nations communities review their participation in clean energy projects.
firstnationsnews.com.au/clean-energy... #auspol #mobsky #energysky #investors
via First Nations News
There are now 30 and counting First Nations clean energy partnerships in Australia with First Nations involvement, ownership and equity, some that are community-led, most yet to be operational.
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/energy-proje... #auspol #mobsky #energysky nit.com.au/24-02-2026/2...
🔆 Hey First Nations researchers 🔆
Get in quick: 3 fully funded PhD scholarships available now to undertake research that supports First Nations people and communities access and realise benefits in the clean energy transition
Thanks Monash!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... #mobsky #auspol
'What’s more important, the electricity or food?
This is the decision that we make every day – everybody.'
Vanessa Napaltjari Davis talking, from Alice Springs, NT
via @australia.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #mobsky #electricity
One way First Nations can participate in and benefit economically from clean energy is to own equity in projects.
💛 Check out our new guide for First Nations communities and groups.
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/network_guides
#auspol #mobsky #cleanenergy #investing
The path to clean energy project development and equity participation is confusing, with few case studies publicly available.
Noting this, some First Nations project partnerships are actively sharing their IP and resources.
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/project_temp...
#mobsky #auspol #energy
We aim to change outcomes for our communities, and change the energy transition itself.
Nothing about us without us.
Together, let’s ensure no one gets left behind.
Our first newsletter of the year is out!
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/we_re_off_an... #mobsky #energysky #auspol #investing
Hey you mob, here’s a short film with some top tips to keep you cool this hot season and make energy more affordable.
#auspol #mobsky #energy
I want one of these too!
Well done to the Ltyentye Apurte community, who have won funding for a community-led microgrid.
#Communityownedinfrastructure
#mobsky
#renewables
#Auspol
Congratulations to Ltyentye Apurte community for being awarded ARENA funding for the development of a First Nations community-led microgrid in Central Australia!
#mobsky #energysky #auspol
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/ltyentye_apu...
Nukunu Traditional Owners are working with AMPYR to build a partnership that delivers cultural, economic and social benefits and supports delivery of a battery.
Great to see another First Nations clean energy partnership evolving!
www.ampyr.com.au/ampyr-green-... #mobsky #energysky #auspol
Feeling the heat in your home this summer?
Click here to tell us how much
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Wambal Bila and Ampyr Australia, partners in the Bulabul Battery project, have shared the IP that helped shape their First Nations equity partnership — offering a template for First Nations equity participation in other projects.
www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/bulabul_batt... #auspol #mobsky
Nunga Up!
Narungga man Eddie Newchurch has made a deal with local electricity retailer AGL for every house in Point Pearce community in South Australia to receive rooftop solar.
#mobsky #auspol #utilities #energy
Hey you mob, here’s a short film with some top tips to keep you cool this hot season and make energy more affordable.
#auspol #mobsky #energy
Graphic with text in a checklist: 'Agenda for 2026': Better reporting by energy retailers, clearly defined energy hardship metrics, remove barriers to accessing CER, measures to assist vulnerable people during extreme temperatures/emergencies, national initiatives to improve targeted support for prepayment and other vulnerable customers, remove mandated prepayment arrangements and protect prepayment customers equally, read original power's report for more info - https://www.originalpower.org.au/the_right_to_power
Research by Original Power and @firstnationscen.bsky.social supported by an @energyconsumersaus.bsky.social grant, shows First Nations energy customers using prepayment are among the world’s most energy insecure: loom.ly/w2HGkkM
Hey you mob! Here’s some top tips to save energy and reduce your energy bills this summer
Thanks to the deadly Elaine Crombie!
#mobsky #energy #electricitybills #firstnations #auspol
This is the very best news this week! I have so much admiration for the knowledges of the local environment and the #responsibility of FN elders to care for country by sharing it in the transition to #renewable #energy.
Light years ahead in #leadership. #auspol
