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Developers are locking customers into inflated energy prices they can’t escape from for years
Embedded networks allow for the bulk purchase of energy – electricity, gas, or water - from an energy retailer usually at a discount. The number of e…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why a home battery is a good idea to buy this year if you have rooftop solar
Australia has around 3.7 million solar rooftop systems but only a small fraction of them, about 180,000, also have a battery. Electricity networks ha…
2 years, 5 months ago
'I was sick of spending all that money, and sick of being cold' - how Sarah electrified
Sarah Aubrey lived in her federation house in the inner west of Sydney for 12 years before she embarked on her electrification journey. By then she w…
2 years, 6 months ago
Rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps could save Australians $19 billion in energy costs
Urgent, courageous action is needed to better integrate consumer energy assets into our electricity system if we want to underpin Australia’s future …
2 years, 6 months ago
Fight climate change - become an electrician!
Every time a sparkie walks out of a house, chances are they leave it more energy efficient than when they walked in. But Australia has a shortage of …
2 years, 6 months ago
From 100% dirty diesel to 70% solar powered, Lord Howe Island is going electric without wind
Former conservative energy minister Josh Frydenberg kyboshed Lord Howe Island’s plans to build a wind turbine which would help reduce its reliance on…
2 years, 8 months ago
A 'renovation wave' could be the least costly pathway for our energy transition
The Climateworks Centre has modelled ways for Australia's leaky homes to become 'climate ready' using thermal upgrades and electrification, which wou…
2 years, 8 months ago
How a health check for your home can help upgrade its energy efficiency
Lucinda Flynn is a home energy efficiency assessor working in Melbourne who has conducted hundreds of energy assessments that have saved householders…
2 years, 9 months ago
Electrifying our cars and energy storage must include plans for end of life batteries
The anticipated exponential increase in battery electric vehicles and battery storage systems over the next decade means lithium-ion battery recyclin…
2 years, 9 months ago
It takes a village to build a nation’s energy efficiency and electrification program
Ireland is developing one of the most sophisticated residential energy efficiency ecosystems in the world, built on a foundation of serious governmen…
2 years, 9 months ago