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Upgrading Australia’s Energy-Sucking Homes Brings Big Benefits

Energy efficiency upgrades for Australian homes

Newly released analysis suggests that by upgrading Australia’s worst-performing homes, the energy savings would be equivalent to keeping 4.5 million electric vehicles on the road a year. [Read more…]

Australia’s Biggest Energy Efficiency Scheme Set For Change

Victorian Energy Upgrades Program Changes

Victoria’s Minister for Energy & Resources Lily D’Ambrosio recently introduced a bill into state parliament to strengthen and greatly extend the hugely popular Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program. [Read more…]

More Power Bill Relief On Its Way For Australians

Australian electricity bill rebates

Every Australian household and around a million small businesses will be provided additional electricity bill rebates by the end of this year – and the Coalition is on board. [Read more…]

DNSPs Grilled On NSW Emergency Backstop For Solar

NSW Emergency Backstop Mechanism Q&A session

Electricity distributors in New South Wales could soon have the ability to remotely limit or switch off exports from rooftop solar power systems. The prospect has set NSW’s solar industry on edge – and for good reason. [Read more…]

Storing Sunshine: The Key To Free Energy & Transport

A man charging an EV with the sun behind himWhat if told you there was a petrol station selling half-price petrol?

Forget the dollar figure, just imagine the traffic chaos and thousands of manhours wasted queuing.

Read on and we’ll explain how to get cheap fuel dispensed with zero effort from the convenience of your own driveway… it’s an absolute no brainer.

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Australian Home Battery Uptake Accelerates

Home solar battery statistics - Australia

Installations of home battery systems jumped 55% in the second half of last year, and 28.4% of solar installations were accompanied by storage, states a new report. [Read more…]

Community Battery Grants Worth $46.3m Up For Grabs

A battery covered in Indigenous art

The first battery installed under the Community Battery Funding program, located in Bexley North.

Expressions of interest are now open for the $46.3m second round of a national funding program for community batteries. Here’s what it all means and how to apply.

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Phase Shift: Forget Rooftop Solar – Renters Need Plug & Play Batteries

A white picket fenceI rented most of my adult life. I left home at 18, bought my first home at 32, struggled with a mortgage for three years, then sold it to start SolarQuotes. It was another four years before I bought again, only after SolarQuotes started doing well enough.

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More Power Price Pain Ahead For Many Australians

Electricity pricing in Australia

Draft determinations for default electricity offer pricing for 2025/26 have been announced for South East Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria for 2025/26. Here’s what’s on the cards. [Read more…]

Salvos’ Neighbourhood Batteries To Bring Broader Benefits

100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program - Victoria

Twenty-two Salvation Army sites in Victoria are among sixty-five more locations across the state to have energy storage installed under the Victorian government’s neighbourhood battery initiative. [Read more…]

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