Providing energy to Bega Circular Valley

Bega Circular Valley aims to establish the Bega Valley as the most circular regional economy by 2030. Led by Bega Group, the project is implicitly collaborative, designed to create a replicable template for place-based, low carbon transitions in the regions.

As a founding member, Charles Sturt is excited to lead the energy workstream to develop an action plan that will transition the Valley to 100 per cent renewables by 2030. To this end, a workshop was convened in August 2024 by Simon Wright from Charles Sturt’s Gulbali Institute and attended by more than 40 community stakeholders from small and large businesses, local and state government, the energy industry and local community groups.

Attendees shared the significant achievements in energy resilience and security in the wake of bushfires and flood in the Valley and priorities for future funding. Outputs from the workshop informed a recent funding submission to create an energy action plan in 2025.