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From SWER lines to solar and batteries: Network offers to take regional customers off grid
Amalyah Hart6 Mar 20250 comments

Network company offers to switch 17 edge-of-grid customers to a mix of solar, batteries and back-up generation – and eventually retire their powerlines permanently.

News, Electrification, Energy Efficiency, Podcasts
SwitchedOn podcast: Why the energy industry keeps getting consumers wrong
Anne Delaney4 Mar 20250 comments

The energy industry has assumed consumers manage their energy use like ‘mini-economists’ or ‘mini-engineers.’ Digital sociologist Professor Yolande Strengers says this is wrong.

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Solar, Tariffs
Network launches flexible rooftop solar exports as an antidote to sun tax
Amalyah Hart3 Mar 20250 comments

Network launches AI-powered flexible export system to help rooftop solar customers get more from their investment while maintaining grid stability.

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Solar
Solar for apartments support scheme now open, with grants up to $150,000
Amalyah Hart1 Mar 20250 comments

Grants of up to $150,000 are now available for apartment blocks to install solar, with expected savings of up to $600 for residents.

News, Podcasts
SwitchedOn podcast: Like a game of snakes and ladders – the struggle to switch on a community battery
Anne Delaney26 Feb 20250 comments

In the first of a new series of interviews with local groups installing community batteries, Village Power director Graeme Martin explains what to do, and what not to do, if you want to install a community battery.

Battery/Storage
Brisbane Lions score two community batteries to play footy when the sun don’t shine
Rachel Williamson26 Feb 20250 comments

Brisbane Lions awarded two government funded batteries, to store solar from a huge on-site array and take part in Momentum Energy's virtual power plant.

Electrification
Solar soaking electric heat pump hot water can slash hundreds from home power bills
Amalyah Hart25 Feb 20250 comments

UNSW study finds switching to electric heat pump hot water and using it as a solar soak can save Australian households hundreds of dollars a year.

Solar, Electrification
Smart meters alone can’t manage the growth of rooftop solar, batteries and EVs
Neil Davies24 Feb 20250 comments

Integrating smart meters with low voltage network monitoring addresses the challenges that come with the growth of consumer energy resources.

Solar, Policy
What will the “sun tax” cost households? Solar tariffs hold steady as export charges kick in
Sophie Vorrath24 Feb 20250 comments

State pricing regulator factors "sun tax" into draft feed-in tariff estimates, with more than 300,000 solar households set to pay rooftop export fees starting in July.

Battery/Storage, Featured
State Labor promises $5,000 home battery rebate to slash bills, soak up rooftop solar
Sophie Vorrath24 Feb 20250 comments

Rebates of $5,000 per household, or $7,500 for regional households, are being promised in one of Australia's most rooftop solar-heavy states.

Electrification, Battery/Storage, Solar
Communities kick the gas habit with major round of electrification funding
Amalyah Hart21 Feb 20250 comments

From a battery-powered childcare centre to an all-electric community pool, $50 million in federal government grants is helping to electrify local government assets and slash power bills.

Energy Efficiency, News, Solar, Tariffs
Our electricity pricing model is broken – and consumers are bearing the cost
Anne Delaney20 Feb 20250 comments

Alan Pears says Australia’s energy pricing system is outdated and retailers and networks must shoulder greater risk so consumers can get a better deal.

Podcasts
SwitchedOn Podcast Summer Series: How I electrified
Anne Delaney18 Feb 20250 comments

The SwitchedOn summer series – How I Electrified – is a 4-part series of interviews with Australian householders who’ve electrified their homes and transport.

Battery/Storage
Aldi launches solar and battery offer at a “cracking price” – but what about the quality?
Amalyah Hart18 Feb 20250 comments

Discount supermarket chain launches low-cost solar and battery offering, bringing home storage to the masses. But is this a good thing?

Solar
Solar scheme chalks up Loy Yang-worth of panels after record year of subsidised installs
Joshua S Hill18 Feb 20250 comments

Record year for government subsidised rooftop PV takes total installed under state scheme to the equivalent of one of Victoria's largest coal-fired power stations.

Other Renewables
Home grown geothermal heat pump technology gets state and federal backing
Joshua S Hill17 Feb 20250 comments

Two government grants awarded to local geothermal drilling start-up to support commercialisation of its innovative coiled tubing drilling rig.

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