Events and Journal
Hepburn Shire continues journey to 100% renewables
We are proud to announce that the Hepburn Shire will be Victoria’s first Z-NET community as part of Sustainability Victoria’s TAKE2 Community Transition Pilot. The Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE) will be working with Hepburn Wind, the Hepburn Shire Council and local sustainability groups to make our shire the first Victorian example of a Zero-Net Energy Town (Z-NET) as part of…
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A letter from our new chair
This year the Hepburn Wind board welcomed a new chairperson, Ross Ulman. To introduce himself and provide Hepburn Wind members with an overview of our achievements over the last financial year, he penned this letter. Dear fellow Hepburn Wind members, After two years as a director on our co-operative’s board, at the 24/01/2018 board meeting, I became board chairperson –…
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Change in our share registry provider
This update is important for current Hepburn Wind members. We are excited to announce that we have changed our share registry provider from Security Transfer Australia to Link Market Services Limited. This move was a result of member feedback. We are certain this change will make our co-operative more efficient and provide a better experience when it comes to managing…
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Annual General Meeting 2017
On Friday 10 November we held our AGM at the Daylesford Town Hall with over 80 members present. Those present were able to catch up on Hepburn Wind’s financial and community performance over the last financial year. Prior to the AGM, we had Jo Kaptein from MASH to discuss the new Hepburn Solar Bulk-Buy that will begin in March 2018…
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Annual Report 2017
Would you like to find out more about Hepburn Wind and what we have been up to this year? You can find everything you need to know in Hepburn Wind’s Annual Report which is now available for download. This was a year of partnerships for Hepburn Wind and ensuring the delivery of our first return to members. Pivotal to this was the…
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Creswick Neighbourhood Centre goes solar!
Hepburn Wind has teamed up with our energy retailer Powershop and MASH, a project organised by Castlemaine based not-for-profit, Hub Foundation, to donate and install solar on the Creswick Neighbourhood Centre. The Creswick Neighbourhood Centre was identified by Hepburn Wind as an ideal candidate for this energy initiative because of their ongoing work with the local community. This $5,000 project…
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Capital Return for Members
Update: Hepburn Wind Capital Return has now closed. Hepburn Wind is now in a position to offer our members an optional Capital Return, in the form of a repurchase of shares (share buyback). Note, though, that it is not a dividend. The Capital Return is a commonplace, tax-effective way of returning shareholder funds to those who would like to participate.…
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Half-yearly report
These last six months have been very busy for Hepburn Wind; we have established our new partnership with Powershop and our cooperative is on track to provide member returns. Hepburn Wind is in a favourable financial position this year due to the boards continued efforts to pay off our loan. Our debt is down from $686,235 to $199,429 and we expect to deliver a return to members later this…
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