Monash University study finds retailer incentives and tariff design will have key roles to play in making households smarter about power use.
Households turn to lenders to fund solar and batteries as savings run out
Households are increasingly turning to specialised finance providers to pay for rooftop solar, batteries and electrification as cost of living bites.
Rooftop solar rebate made available to more families as threshold rises to $210,000
Income threshold levels increased for solar rebates as state government seeks to accelerate shift away from gas and toward renewable all-electric.
Big banks join call to harmonise home energy ratings
Banks, insurers and building industry call for single national home energy rating system – and measures to improve energy performance of rentals.
Queensland blockchain startup aims to share solar benefits with renters
PowerPlay plans to use a tokenised system to share the benefits of cheap renewables with people currently excluded from using rooftop solar.
Rooftop solar payback periods are back down to near record-lows
The Clean Energy Regulator thinks 2023 could be a record year for small solar installations – and batteries are on the up as well.
Home battery boom: Are we being worried and annoyed into adding solar storage?
Solar installers are reporting big increases in home battery sales – even though for many households the economic equation has hardly shifted. So what’s changed?