Our lives as power load defectors – our first full year with solar and storage
We are now power load defectors! So here's the wrap up after our first full year with solar and storage. Solar and storage provided around 62 per cent of our…
Solar households to help power the MCG, in EnergyAustralia pilot
Help Power the MCG in exchange for VIP experiences! EnergyAustralia has launched a pilot program that will allow its Victorian solar customers to give their excess rooftop PV generation to…
The Solar Battery Revolution
There is a solar battery revolution happening in Melbourne homes. And, since connecting a Tesla Powerwall 2 to their two-year-old solar panels a month ago, Andrew has become the power policeman in his…
In a perfect world all buildings would be self-sufficient.
Have you ever thought that in a perfect world all buildings would be self-sufficient when it comes to energy usage? Well, a town in Germany is leading the way. It…
Australians worry most about electricity prices
More than 80% of Australians are concerned about household electricity prices new research shows. The findings follow the launch of a federal government inquiry into retail electricity prices. Worrying electricity prices…
Millions of Australians locked out of rooftop solar
Over 1.7 million Australians locked out of rooftop solar! As electricity prices have risen by 60-90 per cent above inflation, so have solar costs dropped, allowing home owners to use…
Australian consumers might as well start planning on leaving the grid
Australian consumers might as well start planning on leaving the grid – at least those who can. There seems no clear line of view that the gouging of consumers by…
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office to put solar on 970 properties
The NSW Aboriginal Housing Office plans to put solar on 970 properties in western New South Wales, after the state government-run organisation called for tenders to supply and retrofit 970…
Australian big business missing out on renewable energy opportunities
Is Australian big business missing out on renewable energy opportunities? While many major Australian companies do not believe their customers expect them to use renewable energy, most Australians say they…
When energy bills are hurting, only one thing makes sense, install solar!
When energy bills are hurting, only one thing makes sense, install solar! The world’s biggest battery is to be built in South Australia. This is a ray of sunshine in…