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Cobargo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a rural village energy story<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cobargo is a small rural village on the far south coast of New South Wales with a population of about 800 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cobargo was devastated during the 2019\u20132020 Black Summer bushfires. One significant impact of the fires was losing access to electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the story of what residents of this small village learned and how we worked together to develop energy resilience in preparation for the next time the grid goes down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was such a big thing to be without power and be without communications. It was really, really hard and just vitally important to find a way to work together and not have to go through that again.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deb Summers<\/strong>, Renewable Cobargo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Without power and communications you can\u2019t do anything<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n