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How To Stop Winter From Breaking In Through The Window

A window with extra insulation

Seeing your curtains sway gently in response to the afternoon breeze is a romantic word picture, like watching the house breathe. Until I tell you there’s a storm outside, and the windows are shut. The horrifying reality is that the cold wind is inside the house with you. Here’s some simple fixes I’m making this […]

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GoodWe’s EHB Hybrid Inverter Unleashed In Australia

GoodWe EHB hybrid inverter

Timing is everything they say, and Clean Energy Council approval for the EHB single-phase hybrid inverter series was pretty good timing for GoodWe.

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Call For A National Energy Efficiency Rebate Scheme

Home solar installations in an Australian suburb

Policy debate in Australia concerned with addressing rising energy costs has largely centred on the wrong solutions says a new report – the focus should be on homes, not power plants.

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VPPs Have Pros & Cons — But Watch Out For The Cons!

terms and conditions for a app

Thanks to the federal battery rebate and multiple state incentives, many new battery owners will soon be wondering if they should join a Virtual Power Plant (VPP).  While the pros can make it worthwhile, you have to look out for a huge list of cons before signing up.

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RAA’s South Australian EV Charging Network Completed

EV charging at an RAA station

The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) has celebrated completion of the state’s first border-to-border public EV charging network.

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AGL Snaps Up Tesla’s SA VPP

Tesla Powerwall battery installation

Gentailer AGL announced on Friday it has acquired 100 per cent of South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (SA VPP) from Tesla. So, what are its plans and what next for existing customers?

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Phase Shift: On Standby

A man switching off a switch

There’s a certain kind of energy advice that just won’t die. You’ve probably heard it: Switch off appliances at the wall. Phantom loads are stealing your electricity! That made sense twenty years ago. Back when power bricks got properly hot. Back when standby meant drawing tens of watts. These days? Not so much.

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Fronius Fix Makes Winter Solar Worthwhile In WA

For years the West has been a sorry state in solar terms. The only networks in town have draconian 5kW limits on inverters, and it makes the rest of Australia give them side eye. Why do the western weirdos hate sunshine? Thanks to Austrian manufacturer Fronius though, there is now a 10kW inverter option available […]

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Endeavour Energy’s Community Battery Rollout Continues

Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill beside a community battery.

While home batteries have been stealing the limelight recently, community batteries are continuing to be rolled out and New South Wales electricity distributor Endeavour Energy has just installed another five.

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Solar And Battery Installers Have Their Limits

Solar battery being installed.

With the official launch of the Australian government’s home battery subsidy, installers are now really under the pump. But there are hard limits on how many installations they can perform in a day set by the powers that be — and with good reason.

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