Agrisolar AU Newsletter #1

Written By Caitlin MacPhail

Welcome to Agrisolar News!

We are delighted to introduce this newsletter for our consortium of Agrisolar partners and interested parties. We will be in touch once a month to: 

  • update you on Agrisolar in the media,  

  • highlight our foundation partners so you can get to know these superstars; and  

  • update you on the progress of our Agrisolar Cooperative Research Centre bid (Round 26) 

Thanks for being a part of the community!

MEET THE TEAM: Agrisolar CRC Working Group

The working group meets fortnightly and has engaged Tony Peacock’s coaching services to help us progress our bid from concept to concrete. 

The working group comprises of:

  • PROF. BEN SMITH: Academic Director
    Network Lead, Land and Primary Industries Network; Director of Research, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

  • DR. LIZ SMITH: Bid Director
    Research Partnerships Development Manager, Land and Primary Industries Network

  • KERRY LANCASTER: Project Officer

  • PROF. GREG MORRISON: Bid Advisor
    Lang Walker Chair in Urban Transformations, Dean's Unit, School of Eng, Design & Built Environment

  • JULIA McKAY: Industry Bid Coordinator

Agrisolar in the media

Check out what the Canadians are up to in agrisolar on the Green Energy Futures podcast!

Have a read of The Importance of Agrivoltaics in Western Canada’s Shift to Renewable Energy on LinkedIn!

Save the date

Upcoming bid-building workshops and visits:

  • WAGGA – Research partner workshop, 27 August 2024 

  • RIVERINA – Site visit with Gentari Solar Farm, 28-30 August 2024 

  • WOLLONGONG – Research partner workshop, 4 September 2024 

  • HAWKESBURY - Industry CRC Vision Co-Design Workshop & Research Partner Project Principles Workshop (October, in person) 

Let us know if we will be in your area and you would like a chat face to face!

Caitlin MacPhail
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