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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Community groups power the switch to renewable energy

A study has demonstrated the growing enthusiasm for renewable energy in Australia. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's community groups produced enough renewable energy in a year to power 2800 households or remove the equivalent of 7700 cars from the roads, a study has revealed. 

The Community Energy Collective Impact report, released on Wednesday, also found community groups had raised more than $86 million to fund their projects over the past 12 months and doubled their number of members since the previous survey.

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