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How three hours of free Solar Sharer power can cost you more
Three hours of free electricity sounds like a great deal, but Solar Sharer could leave some households paying more. Energy Futures Network director a…
11 hours ago
Why charging your electric vehicle at lunchtime will save on costly grid upgrades
As Australia moves toward an all-electric future, a key question looms: how can we meet the surge in electricity demand that will be needed when we a…
1 week ago
The biggest barrier to apartment electrification? Knowing what’s possible
Electrifying an apartment building can be complicated, but sometimes the biggest barrier is simply getting started. Ash Sayers, Director at Keystone,…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How I electrified: the apartment owner who refused to accept ‘no’ for an answer
Rowan Hearne was initially told he couldn’t install a hot water heat pump in his 1980s Canberra apartment. Instead of accepting "no," he worked with …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Why it took eight years to install a community battery
After eight years, Melbourne community group Village Power is finally about to switch on its long-awaited community battery. But the project that eme…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Why many Australian consumers want less to do with the energy system
Australian households may be feeling slightly less pressure paying their energy bills, but the latest Consumer Energy Report Card from Energy Consume…
1 month, 1 week ago
Why Australia's battery boom isn't becoming a virtual power plant boom
Virtual power plants have been talked about for years as a crucial part of Australia's clean energy future. But a recent ACCC Electricity Inquiry fou…
1 month, 1 week ago
Why electricity networks need to understand people, not just poles and wires, to avoid costly grid upgrades
For years we've been told that widespread electrification could overwhelm Australia's electricity networks. But midway through the Electrify 2515 tri…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Why battery owners - not renters - could be the big winners from Solar Sharer
The Federal Government's new Solar Sharer scheme promises households in New South Wales, South Australia and south-east Queensland three hours of fre…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Why apartments could be at the forefront of renewable energy adoption, rather than an afterthought
Australia's rooftop solar and battery boom has largely bypassed the millions of people who live in apartments, creating a growing energy divide betwe…
2 months ago