{"id":16749,"date":"2022-02-08T12:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frv.com\/?p=16749"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:36:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:36:50","slug":"frv-australias-winton-solar-farm-grants-power-up-youth-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/frv-australias-winton-solar-farm-grants-power-up-youth-training\/","title":{"rendered":"FRV Australia\u2019s Winton Solar Farm grants power up youth training, community sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney, February 8, 2022<\/p>\n

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia<\/a> along with other organisers of a \u2018Hands on Trades Day\u2019 for North East Victoria will proceed with plans to promote career pathways for students and build a skilled, innovative and local workforce in the region thanks to a Community Grant from the Winton Solar Farm.<\/p>\n

This annual event aims to support high school students from Benalla, Mansfield and Wangaratta Shires to consider existing and new trades \u2013 including solar engineering and management, an industry that has seen recent growth with several new solar farms in the area. Local students completing Structured Workplace Learning placements form part of the event organising committee and hospitality teams and are involved in co-designing the event.<\/p>\n

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\n The solar farm grant would allow more locals school kids to get involved in the event. On behalf of local schools, and especially students in North East Victoria we are delighted to receive this grant from Winton Solar Farm. It will help more students have access to a better resourced careers day and help them to develop the skills they need. <\/div>\n
\n Danny O\u2019Donoghue <\/div>\n
\n NE Tracks Chief Executive Officer <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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This year\u2019s Hands on Trades career expo will go ahead on Thursday 5 May. Local students are encouraged to register to attend. Four other community groups were recently awarded a share of the Solar Farm\u2019s second annual $35,000 Community Grant Program.<\/p>\n

Winners of this year\u2019s Winton Community Grants and funded projects are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Benalla Hockey Club to fund new portable shade gazebos of tournaments.
\n\u2022 Winton Primary School sustainable outdoor kitchen garden.
\n\u2022 Benalla Sustainable Future Group to install new solar panels at Bernard Briggs Pre-school.
\n\u2022 NE Tracks for their ACRE youth entrepreneurship program and annual secondary school student \u2018Hands On Trades Day\u2019 careers event.
\n\u2022 Glenrowan Primary School to upgrade their school cooking learning classroom.<\/p>\n

I am thrilled to see another round of strong applications and initiatives come through the Community Grants Fund. The Winton, Benalla and surrounding areas are home to some creative thinkers, and we are excited to see another round of innovative projects come through. These community grants are an opportunity to kick start some exciting projects, and deliver meaningful investment for the local community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n I am thrilled to see another round of strong applications and initiatives come through the Community Grants Fund. The Winton, Benalla and surrounding areas are home to some creative thinkers, and we are excited to see another round of innovative projects come through. These community grants are an opportunity to kick start some exciting projects, and deliver meaningful investment for the local community. <\/div>\n
\n Carlo Frigerio <\/div>\n
\n FRV Australia Managing Director <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Winton Solar Farm 85MW is approaching its first full year of operations following completion of construction earlier in 2021. Output from the solar farm to date has been impressive. It is expected to generate around 210,000 MWh\/Year \u2013 enough clean energy for 52,000 homes.<\/p>\n

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In a further development, Winton Solar Farm has also reached mutual agreement with a project neighbour to introduce sheep to the solar site. Just under 600 are currently grazing the site, helping to maintain grass levels around the solar farm and avoiding use of mechanical and chemical weed management.<\/p>\n

Near neighbour, Tony Mort, stated: \u201cThe initiative is a practical and sustainable use of the project site. It\u2019s great to see the Winton Solar Farm thinking about how they can work with nearby neighbours to share their land, I\u2019m happy I can contribute to a greater understanding of how agriculture can work in sync with solar farms \u2013 it\u2019s a sensible way to approach land use and I hope we see more of this in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n

To date, Winton Solar Farm has provided $120,000 to the local community. This includes a major partnership with the Regent Honeyeater Project to plant an additional eleven hectares of native vegetation and improve critical biodiversity corridors in the region. Community Grants will be open for applications again in late 2022.<\/p>\n

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Local students completing Structured Workplace Learning placements form part of the event organising committee and hospitality teams and are involved in co-designing the event.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n <div class=\"sh-quote\">\n <div class=\"sh-quote-content\">\n The solar farm grant would allow more locals school kids to get involved in the event. On behalf of local schools, and especially students in North East Victoria we are delighted to receive this grant from Winton Solar Farm. It will help more students have access to a better resourced careers day and help them to develop the skills they need. <\/div>\n <div class=\"sh-quote-name\">\n Danny O\u2019Donoghue <\/div>\n <div class=\"sh-quote-position\">\n NE Tracks Chief Executive Officer <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<p> <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Hands on Trades career expo will go ahead on Thursday 5 May. Local students are encouraged to register to attend. Four other community groups were recently awarded a share of the Solar Farm\u2019s second annual $35,000 Community Grant Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners of this year\u2019s Winton Community Grants and funded projects are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Benalla Hockey Club to fund new portable shade gazebos of tournaments.<br \/>\n\u2022 Winton Primary School sustainable outdoor kitchen garden.<br \/>\n\u2022 Benalla Sustainable Future Group to install new solar panels at Bernard Briggs Pre-school.<br \/>\n\u2022 NE Tracks for their ACRE youth entrepreneurship program and annual secondary school student \u2018Hands On Trades Day\u2019 careers event.<br \/>\n\u2022 Glenrowan Primary School to upgrade their school cooking learning classroom.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #191919; font-size: 1.8rem;\">I am thrilled to see another round of strong applications and initiatives come through the Community Grants Fund. The Winton, Benalla and surrounding areas are home to some creative thinkers, and we are excited to see another round of innovative projects come through. These community grants are an opportunity to kick start some exciting projects, and deliver meaningful investment for the local community.<\/span><\/p>\n <div class=\"sh-quote\">\n <div class=\"sh-quote-content\">\n I am thrilled to see another round of strong applications and initiatives come through the Community Grants Fund. The Winton, Benalla and surrounding areas are home to some creative thinkers, and we are excited to see another round of innovative projects come through. These community grants are an opportunity to kick start some exciting projects, and deliver meaningful investment for the local community. <\/div>\n <div class=\"sh-quote-name\">\n Carlo Frigerio <\/div>\n <div class=\"sh-quote-position\">\n FRV Australia Managing Director <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Winton Solar Farm 85MW is approaching its first full year of operations following completion of construction earlier in 2021. Output from the solar farm to date has been impressive. It is expected to generate around 210,000 MWh\/Year \u2013 enough clean energy for 52,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sh-imagefull aligncenter wp-image-16751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Benalla-students.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Benalla-students.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Benalla-students-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Benalla-students-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Benalla-students-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a further development, Winton Solar Farm has also reached mutual agreement with a project neighbour to introduce sheep to the solar site. Just under 600 are currently grazing the site, helping to maintain grass levels around the solar farm and avoiding use of mechanical and chemical weed management.<\/p>\n<p>Near neighbour, Tony Mort, stated: \u201cThe initiative is a practical and sustainable use of the project site. It\u2019s great to see the Winton Solar Farm thinking about how they can work with nearby neighbours to share their land, I\u2019m happy I can contribute to a greater understanding of how agriculture can work in sync with solar farms \u2013 it\u2019s a sensible way to approach land use and I hope we see more of this in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Winton Solar Farm has provided $120,000 to the local community. This includes a major partnership with the Regent Honeyeater Project to plant an additional eleven hectares of native vegetation and improve critical biodiversity corridors in the region. Community Grants will be open for applications again in late 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sh-imagefull aligncenter wp-image-16750 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hands-on-trades.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hands-on-trades.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hands-on-trades-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hands-on-trades-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/frv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hands-on-trades-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n","search_term":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16753,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16749\/revisions\/16753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}