latest news
26 July
2010: Hepburn Locals Visit Waubra wind farm.
Photos and media release.
12 July
2010: Engineering Surveys Complete for Community Wind Farm.
Photos and media release.
29 June 2010: By request from potential applicants, our current Membership and Share Offer has been extended to 19 July 2010.
22 June 2010: Geoff Howard announces $750,000 RIDF grant at our project site on Leonards Hill. Photo, media release and Hepburn Advocate article.
21 June 2010: Hepburn Wind has employed two new staff Photo and media release.
SHARE (Sustainable Hepburn Association – Renewing the Earth) proudly presents Rod Quantock with his show "Bugger the Polar Bears, This is Serious" on Friday 25th June. See SHARE website for full details . Details for the show are also available here
28 April 2010: Construction contract signing announced at our Annual General Meeting (media release)
Our Annual General Meeting of members was held on 28 April 2010
April 2010: Turbines at the ready - read about our project in the ATA’s ReNew magazine (650KB PDF)
19 March 2010: State Minister for Environment and Climate Change Gavin Jennings and local member Geoff Howard visited our project site on Leonards Hill.
Photo and Daylesford Advocate article.
2 February 2010: Hepburn Wind Places Order for Turbines (PDF 190K)
31 December 2009: We celebrated the new year with a float in the Daylesford New Year’s Eve parade with a specially written song by Danny Spooner.
28 November 2009: Hepburn Welcomes Run for a Safe Climate
13 November 2009: Commemorative Certificate presented to our 1000th member.
24 October 2009: For the International Day of Climate Action, Hepburn Wind and SHARE organised a pedal and solar powered screening of The Age of Stupid.
August 2009: Special local offer. As the project nears full subscription, the minimum investment for locals has been reduced to $100.
9 August 2009: Climate Action Forum, Daylesford. Dr Mark Diesendorf and David Holmgren will speak and launch their new books. Local initiative will be showcased. Simon Holmes à Court, Chairman of Hepburn Wind, will speak about community-scale renewable energy projects.
28 April 2009: Read a report of our Annual General Meeting including election results, listen to presentations from the meeting and download documents.
23 February 2009: Project Update - includes advance notice of AGM and Opportunity For Further Investment
22 December 2008: FAQ updated
22 December 2008: $4 million and counting…!
Media release (PDF 286K)
15 December 2008: Board Upbeat as Share Offer Nears $3.5m
Media release (PDF 287K)
Information and Action Night, Daylesford Town Hall 2 December 2008
6 November 2008: Share Offer extended to 12 December (PDF 454K)
6 November 2008: Added Frequently Asked Questions on Share Offer extension
3 October 2008: Bus tours prove a winner (PDF 171K)
5 September 2008: First $1 Million for Hepburn Wind (PDF 283K)
August 2008 newsletter now available
7 August: We have updated the Frequently Asked Questions section of our website in response to questions we have received following the release of the Share Offer document.
Share Offer document now available after successful launch
Daylesford Town Hall was packed with local residents last Friday, 25 July, for the official launch of Hepburn Wind's Share Offer.. [more]
Investor Survey Boosts Confidence
The results of an online investor survey conducted by Hepburn Wind has boosted the confidence.. [more]
Wind Energy Assessment Comes Up Trumps
An expert wind energy assessment has proven what the proponents and supporters of the Hepburn.. [more]