The free online event will be hosted by key members of the BREAZE Inc. and the Grampians Community Power Hub on Thursday, November 18, from 7:30-8:30pm.

Grampians CPH project manager, Sowmya Nagaraj said she was excited to hear from the Grampians community about their ideas for renewable energy projects.

"I'm really looking forward to working with several community organisations in the Grampians region to support them in their transition to clean energy," she said.

"With the support of BREAZE volunteers and my colleague Sam, we want to develop project ideas and aid in assessing feasibility of these projects.

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"We have recently started to implement a software program, BOOM Power, that's a beneficial and easy to use platform to undertake such assessments."

BREAZE Inc. president Mary Debrett said the Community Energy Forums work to initiated the potential for multiple renewable projects.

"The work of the Hub is not about air-dropping big projects across the region, expecting communities to embrace them," she said.

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"To build social licence and public trust in community energy, locals need to own their projects.

"We encourage the community to be ambitious in their thinking about renewables.

There are now multiple business models for funding community power projects, from crowd-sourced funding to leasing arrangements and angel investors, to the tried and true methods of community fund raising.

The November 18 event will be second Community Energy Forum presented by the Grampian CPH, which follows on from an initial online event held in September which was attended by more than 60 community members.

If you are interested in attending the event, you can register via Humantix.

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