Hey guys,<div><br></div><div>For those interested there is a Zero Carbon Australia Report launch and presentation on Wednesday night (6-8pm):<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><table id="Time and Place" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">
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<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">Basement Theatre, The Spot, Melbourne University</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">
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<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">198 Berkeley St</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; width: 100px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">
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<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">Melbourne, Australia</div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>
</span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">This cutting-edge plan, the culmination of over 12 months and thousands of hours of pro bono work by engineers, scientists and postgraduate students, is a collaboration between the climate solutions think tank Beyond Zero Emissions, and the University of Melbourne Energy Institute.</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">This plan is unique in Australia. It is a detailed and costed blueprint for transitioning our stationary energy sector to 100% renewable energy in ten years. The technologies utilised in this plan are commercially available now. It has been put together in a collaborative way involving over 50 technical experts.</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">This free public lecture will cover the details of the plan as well as the state of renewable energy in Australia more broadly. A panel discussion will follow the presentations.</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Speakers:</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">John Daley (CEO, Grattan Institute)</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Keith Lovegrove (Solar Thermal Group Leader, ANU)</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Lane Crockett (General Manager, Pacific Hydro)</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Matthew Wright (Director Beyond Zero Emissions)</span></div>
<div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span></div><div class="datawrap" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The full report will be made available for the first time on 14 July, free to download from the Beyond Zero Emissions website or hard copy for purchase.</span></div>
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<div>I think it would be great for some of us to attend possibly after the excursion to Mornington for the community garden. </div><div><br>-- <br>Cassie Speakman<br><a href="mailto:cnspe1@student.monash.edu">cnspe1@student.monash.edu</a><br>
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