9th December 2023 Rosemary Grundy is a systems analyst who meticulously calculated when she will break-even on her renewable energy investment in real time, using real usage, electricity and petrol prices. In December 2021 my family moved into a newly…
15th November 2023 The City of Casey in Victoria has installed a small wind turbine at a working community and children’s farm that is expected to slash the facility’s annual energy costs by $20,000 a year – money that can…
5th October 2023 The big stash of savings Australians put away during the Covid-19 pandemic is running out and people are increasingly turning to specialised finance providers to pay for rooftop solar, batteries and electrification. But that isn’t putting new…
12th September 2023 Chinese solar manufacturing giant Trina Solar announced this week that it has begun mass production of its Vertex N 700W+ series solar modules, marking what it says is the start of the “PV 7.0 Era”. Trina Solar’s…
4th September 2023 EV owners can now optimise their charging during times when the grid is at its cleanest with a new charging product from New Zealand company Evnex. The E2 charger, which was unveiled on Thursday, monitors the carbon intensity…
23rd August 2023 After hitting a 12-month low in April, installations of rooftop solar systems have rebounded in May, jumping by around 30 per cent and charting the largest monthly total of new capacity added for the year to date.…
10th August 2023 Households that quit gas and use only energy efficient, electric home appliances and cars, backed by rooftop solar and battery storage, can save $3,500 a year by 2030 – and $4,320 a year by 2050 – compared…
3rd August 2023 The call from industry experts to “cover the roof” in solar panels, as we move rapidly towards all-electric homes and cars, might be gaining some traction, with new monthly data showing the average home system size hitting…
19th July 2023 Rob Asselman’s journey to a fully electrified home and 7 tips to help you do it too When Rob Asselman moved into his house in 2021, in the midst of on-again-off-again Covid lockdowns, his aspiration to get…
24th June 2023 Some 75% of residential rooftop solar systems are not passing on the full extent of electricity bill savings they are capable of delivering, new data has revealed – either because they are not working properly or because…
