Melbourne Energy Students Association - MESA

REMINDER! Industry night is on TONIGHT!

We have an exciting list of guests and companies attending, all for you to network and chat with. Oh, and a great chance to catch up in person with your peers.

See the brochure below for a rundown of the evening.

Not too late to get tickets (or bring a friend) - see https://mesaindustry21event.getqpay.com/

From 6pm @ Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Cathy Wilcox does it again!

It has been a remarkable change in messaging from the US in the last few months:
- Rejoined Paris Agreement on the first day of the Biden/Harris Administration
- 50-52% reduction on 2005 levels by 2030 (Obama Administration had 26-28% by 2025)
- $3 trillion infrastructure package
- Ambition for net-zero energy grid by 2035
- 30GW of offshore wind by 2030
- Executive Order stating climate change is both a "national security" and "foreign policy" priority
- Pause O&G drilling leases on federal lands
- Created Presidential Climate Envoy position, and appointed former Secretary of State John Kerry

Few Australian states have renewed their plans (Vic included), but there was no update to Australia's national commitments at the Biden-led Climate Summit. Australia's Paris NDC is a 26-28% drop in 2005 levels by 2030 by using carryover surplus emissions units from the Kyoto Protocol

I don't recall seeing this in IES 😅
Image credit: Cathy Wilcox

Hey All!

For those who don’t know, we are MESA (Melbourne Energy Student Association) and we are a student run club. And after a year of inactivity (Thank you, COVID!), we are back in business! We aim to run events that pique YOUR interest and forge a community. We have been working hard to put together some exciting plans, BUT we still need a bit of information from you! We encourage you to fill out the quick 2-3 minute survey* (link below). But if you’re still not convinced, if you fill out the survey by Midday Thursday (April 15th), you’ll go into a draw to win 1 of 2 $25 Uber/Uber Eats vouchers!

We cannot wait for you to see what we’ve planned!

*We will only use the information you give to make MESA a club you want to engage with!

MESA Survey If you aren't a MESA member yet, make sure to sign up to our biannual ($12) /annual ($20) memberships at https://mesa.getqpay.com

Hi All,

The committee and a few members are meeting for a catch-up at the Prince Alfred Bar in Carlton this Friday 9-April from 615. Feel free to join us, and bring your family/friends.

Beer and energy policy discussions not mandatory, but below was an interesting article from last week.

Enjoy

VB launches Solar Exchange program, trading beer for excess energy VB has launched a ‘Solar Exchange’ program enabling customers to exchange their excess solar credit for its beer, with every $30 of energy earning consumers a slab delivered to their door.The campaign, created by Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, is part of Asahi’s sustainability focus, which aims to ...

MESA is back on facebook!
The 2021 committee wanted to boost this space, keeping it more informal, entertaining and engaging for its members.

Any ideas, please sing out.

In the meantime, enjoy this comic of the NEM 😅

Back by popular demand, the Clean Energy Council, in partnership with Capstone Recruitment, is thrilled to announce that the Renewable Energy Careers Expo will be returning in an online format in 2020. Join us for this FREE virtual event and network with potential employers with genuine employment opportunities and learn more about where a career in the renewable energy industry could take you.

Date - Wednesday 30 September 2020
Time - 11.00 am – 2.00 pm AEST
Cost – Free
Location - Online
Register: https://bit.ly/35mTTiz

Thanks to everyone who came along to the industry night last night. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Special thanks to our guest speakers and MC. From left to right MES student David Briggs, Victorian Minister for Energy Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio, Executive Officer AEMO Antara Mascarenhas, and CEO of the Star of the South Andy Evans.

This Friday 6-9pm MESA host their annual industry night in the MSD building. The event gives students and industry the opportunity to network in a relaxed environment. This year it will also feature a round table discussion on energy transition in Victoria over the next 5-10 years featuring the Victorian Minister for Energy Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio, CEO of Star of the South Andy Evans, and Executive Officer of AEMO Antara Mascarenhas. Tickets are nearly all gone so get in quick!
To purchase tickets:
1. Sign up as a MESA member if you aren’t already through mesa.getqpay.com
2. Buy a ticket to the industry night mesaindustry19-event.getqpay.com
3. To view the ticket or password: webapp.getqpay.com

Australian-German Climate & Energy College is hosting Doug Cook of GreenSync next Wednesday for a talk on opportunities arising from the increasing pe*******on of distributed energy resources in our grid. For details and to register see the link below.

Laying the Foundations Today for the Grid of Tomorrow By 2030 up to 45% of our energy generation is predicted to be behind the meter. Households and businesses are no longer passive energy consumers but are actively producing and storing energy through rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles. With more of these distributed energy resources (DER)...

Professor Ross Garnaut: Climate & Energy Transition in Australia Professor Ross Garnaut: Climate & Energy Transition in Australia