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OURS AT LAST: Minyip-Murtoa A Grade netball coach Billie Bibby and senior football coach John Delahunty celebrate with their teams as they proudly display premiership cups won at the weekend. It was the Burras’ first football flag in 21 years, while the club had never won a netball premiership since merging. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
Ararat power probe A
BY DEAN LAWSON
plan to exploit Ararat’s potential through western Victorian renewable-energy expansion is gaining traction with municipal leaders in deep discussion with developers and industry insiders. Ararat Rural City Council chief executive Tim Harrison revealed yesterday that Ararat’s prospects of tapping into new development opportunities on the back of renewable energy had
taken ‘major’ steps forward. He said while he was limited in what he could reveal, he hoped the Ararat council could make an ‘exciting’ announcement by early next year. “We’ve had a broad range of conversations with people in the renewable sector in terms of alternative energy streams that might provide enhanced base-load energy in Ararat district,” he said. “We’re very early in the negotiation process but opportunities stemming
from these discussions could also facilitate local industrial growth. It’s exciting. “It is also very real. We’re having conversations about real possibilities and it is far from simply spinning a line to promote Ararat. It’s serious business. “There is a very clear opportunity to set new directions about how communities can engage with the energy sector. “Society has an appetite for renew-
able-energy production and use, and that’s where our investigations are leading us.” Dr Harrison said adapting renewable energy for base-load or consistent supply, was an important part of the Ararat process. “We talk a lot about wind, which Ararat is already tapping into, and solar power in renewable-energy discussions, but there are many other opportunities to be explored,” he said. “All I can say at this point is we’re
engaged in a productive conversation with industry leaders.” Dr Harrison declared in July this year that the Grampians region was primed to exploit value-adding growth opportunities generated by renewable-energy farms, including Ararat district. He said at the time it was logical to consider ways to tap into the energy before it left the region. Continued page 3
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