Energy Breakthrough

11/03/2026

ENTRIES ARE NOW open for the 2026 Energy Breakthrough, powered by Australia 🎟
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Teachers, head to our website now to book it in!

The Energy Breakthrough invites you and your school to join 3,500 students from nearly 100 schools from across Victoria and beyond - all coming together to celebrate innovation, teamwork, resilience, and pure pedal-powered passion.
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A joint initiative of Central Goldfields Shire Council and Country Education Partnership, presented by HONDA.

09/02/2026

Welcome back to school + Welcome to EB2026! 🎓

A year that promises to be a year of high energy, all powered by Honda Australia !

Learning as we go and continuous improvement is the name of the game both for our EB schools and us as the Energy Breakthrough team.

Head over to our website -
https://www.eb.org.au/2026/02/09/welcome-to-2026/.. for changes we’ve made for EB2026:
- Modest Changes to the HPV / EEV Vehicle Specifications
- More riders in some HPV / EEV teams
- Additional school marshals for HPV / EEV to improve track safety
- Test N Tune Days
- Webinars with Sustainability Victoria’s Resource Smart Schools
- Webinars with Game Day Nutrition
- Pushcarts set for a renewed ‘push’ with new Coordinator
- Robotics will continue to flourish as part of the Sphero Global Challenge, as more satellite events planned

PS/ Check out the Victorian HPV Grand Prix Series

17/12/2025

To wrap up our 2025, please join us in congratulating our fantastic ‘Special Award Winners’ 🎖

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD:
#33 - Road Train - Damascus College Ballarat
(Damascus College, Ballarat )

MCCULLOCH ENGINEERING INNOVATION AWARD:
#60 - Ashton Martin - Caulfield Grammar School

BEST SCHOOL-BASED BUILD:
#27 - Kingswood College - EVO
(Kingswood College Box Hill )

SAFETY AWARD
#311 - Stampede - Maryborough Education Centre
(Maryborough Education Centre)

BEST FIRST YEAR SCHOOL:
#444 - Longford Primary School

BEST SMALL SCHOOL:
#85 - Avoca Achieve - Avoca Primary School

IAN 'ROGO' ROGERSON AWARD FOR BEST DISPLAY & PRESENTATION:
HPV SECONDARY -
#316 - Intimidator - Weeroona College Bendigo
(Weeroona College-bendigo)

HPV PRIMARY -
#85 - Avoca Achieve - Avoca Primary School

PUSHCARTS -
#10 - LSPS Troopers - Lockwood South Primary School

SUSTAINABILITY AWARD, presented by Regional ResourceSmart Schools of Victoria
1st: Epsom Primary School
#14 - Adrenaline

2nd: Delacombe Primary School
#36 - DPS HJM Express

Commendation Award: Ballarat High School
#14 - The Ranenberg

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The Energy Breakthrough is a joint partnership between Central Goldfields Shire Council and the Country Education Partnership; and powered by Honda Australia.

03/12/2025

We love seeing all of the local media coverage - if your school makes the paper, please be sure to tag us in :)

Bendigo school students race to the top against 98 rival teams.

27/11/2025

27/11/2025

📆 SAVE THE DATE for the 2026 Energy Breakthrough, powered by Honda, to be held on 18-22 November 2026.

⚡We invite YOUR school to undertake this STEM challenge to create a machine or innovation that represents an 'energy breakthrough'.

🎟 Entries will open in March 2026 via our website at eb.org.au.
Further details on entry fees and field caps will be released in December.