Emma Sutcliffe

Off grid, and sometimes in the dark, overlooking spectacular Great Ocean Road

Astrid Liberts had no choice but to be off-grid in her dream home with spectacular ocean views. Each upgrade delivers…

September 15, 2015

'Poster girl' for alternative lifestyle shares her off-grid story

Columnist and cartoonist Jill Redwood had to start over after the Ash Wednesday bush fires in 1983. She explains how…

September 6, 2015

Preparing a private home and rental property for energy storage revolution

Leigh Adamson recently bought the house next door to create a rare half acre block in suburbia. He now has…

September 1, 2015

Australia’s ‘greenest’ hotel pioneers strata fees for solar, and an EV charging station

Port Macquarie Hotel that is 100% carbon neutral uses strata fees to generate 16% return on rooftop solar panels on…

August 25, 2015

Off-grid living for family of 5 in western Victoria – all it needed was more solar

While most people dream of building a carbon neutral home from scratch, the Severin family were lucky enough to walk…

August 18, 2015

Greening a grid-connect suburban home with small scale energy storage

Going off grid doesn’t necessarily mean a large solar system powering your entire home.

August 11, 2015

Commercial off-grid – coffee and cultivars in the Macedon Ranges

This nursery and cafe business is off-grid by necessity, but it’s a system designed to power a full commercial kitchen,…

August 4, 2015

Snow and solar at 1280m – does it really work?

How effective is a standalone solar system in areas that experience snowfall? We asked Ed and Laurie, off-gridding Americans who…

July 28, 2015

Richard Di Natale – the party leader living off the grid

Greens leader Richard Di Natale chose to go off-grid 10 years ago, largely because of the huge costs of connecting…

July 17, 2015

Off-grid in the Hawkesbury, with tracking solar and batteries

It’s satisfying to turn on a light or power tool and know the energy was generated only a few metres…

July 8, 2015