Closing the Loop: Recycling Solar in the New England

Electrify Armidale, UNE SMART Region Incubator, Sustainable Living Armidale and Community Power Agency invite you to be part of Armidale's clean energy future!

🗓️ Date: Monday, 4 May 2026

🕗 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

📍 In-person Event Location: NOVA, 122 Faulkner St, Armidale

🛜 Online Event Location: For those unable to attend in-person, virtual/online attendance via webinar link will be possible. This webinar link will be provided closer to the event date.

Join us for a free community event designed to help:

✅ build public understanding of current and emerging pathways for reuse, repair, recycling and responsible disposal of solar and wind infrastructure

✅ explore what “retirement age renewables” means for regional communities, councils, landholders and industry

✅ highlight the role of research, policy and pilot programs in creating a circular economy for clean energy technologies

✅ connect local residents with credible information about the National Solar Panel Recycling Pilot and related initiative

✅ encourage informed discussion about how communities such as Armidale can benefit from the renewable transition while also planning responsibly for end-of-life materials and infrastructure.

Here from expert speakers:

Guado Lado, Manager Regional Waste, Armidale Regional Council
Dr Kas Gregory, Lecturer in Computational, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, UNE
Dr Megan Kessler, Policy & Research Director, RE-Alliance
Darren Johannesen, Executive General Manager – Sustainability, Smart Energy Council

This event is part of the "Armidale Community-Driven Shift to Renewable Energy and Sustainability" -- a Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)-funded program aimed at fostering education, engagement, and leadership in climate solutions specifically tailored for rural and regional communities.

By tackling key challenges such as low energy literacy, high energy costs, inefficiency, and greenhouse gas emissions, this initiative will empower the Armidale community to build energy resilience, lower carbon footprints, and embrace a sustainable energy future.

Be part of the movement towards a cleaner, smarter energy future!

This program is made possible thanks to grant funding provided by the Paul Ramsay Foundation through the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal's Community Led Climate Solutions grant program.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we all live and work, and pay respect to Elders past and present.

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