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Finance and funding opportunities for First Nations in clean energy

August 08, 2024

There’s lots of new funding opportunities available for First Nations people on our 'Finance and Funding Opportunities’ webpage.

Solar power guiding NT families back to their community: AAP

August 07, 2024

A fundraising campaign raised $150,000 for the installation of a solar power energy system on Mumuthumburru (West Island), a small community off the coast of the Northern Territory's gulf region.

First Nations experts say free, prior and informed consent is key to PM's wealth creation plan: NIT

August 06, 2024

The federal government's plan to include First Nations people as co-drivers of new industries to help drive wealth creation has been backed by key First Nations bodies, who agree it must be built on the foundation of free, prior and informed consent.

Improving opportunities for First Nations people in the renewable energy transition: Croakey

July 31, 2024

Australia’s transition to clean energy “can and will” play a role in driving better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen recently told the National Press Club.

First Nations-led project invites energy suppliers to be part of the solution: ECA

July 30, 2024

A new First Nations-led research project has launched to improve energy security and consumer protections for customers accessing electricity services through pre-payment arrangements.

First Nations outcomes should not be compromised or diminished in Future Made In Australia agenda

July 30, 2024

Repositioning Australia’s economy to remain globally competitive through the energy transition does not mean stripping out First Nations outcomes - in fact the opposite must be the case.

First Nations Clean Energy Strategy framework endorsed by Energy Ministers

July 29, 2024

All Energy Ministers in Australia have now endorsed the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy framework. The Strategy will be released before the end of 2024.

Congratulations Ruby Heard who joins ARENA board

July 26, 2024

Congratulations to Ruby Heard, one of the First Nations Clean Energy Network’s fabulous steering group members, on being appointed as a board member of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Establishing First Nations incentives through industrial policy

July 25, 2024

Since being launched in November 2021, the First Nations Clean Energy Network has advocated for an energy system that ensures First Nations participation and benefit.

Bringing a different mindset so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past

July 19, 2024

We can't simply swap one kind of energy for another without transforming the systems that go with them. We need to bring a different mindset or we run the risk of repeating the mistakes of the past.