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How much rooftop solar does it take to cover your daily EV recharging?
Sophie Vorrath7 May 20190 comments

How many solar panels do you need to power both your house and your car with the one PV system?

Policy, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Cannon-Brookes' Atlassian commits to 100% renewables by 2025
Sophie Vorrath10 Apr 20190 comments

Atlassian becomes first Australian tech company – and third company all up – to sign on to global RE100 movement, with a "super complex" target of 100% renewables by 2025.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Solar
NT councils offered grants to install solar, EV chargers, batteries
Sophie Vorrath13 Mar 20190 comments

Northern Territory Labor government opens $2m grant scheme to encourage councils to move to better energy efficient infrastructure and reduce costs to consumers and taxpayers.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles
Battery powered home and car: The fossil fuel era is fading
Giles Parkinson14 Feb 20190 comments

NSW hinterland luxury rental home with 10kW solar, two Tesla Powerwall batteries, and a Model X EV, seeks to demonstrate Tesla's vision of the new energy and transport future. So how does it shape up?

Electric Vehicles, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs
My electric car, your solar home, a microgrid, and the future
Elisa Wood13 Dec 20180 comments

US collaboration between LO3 and MotorWerks will test tools to let consumers buy and sell electricity within microgrids using their homes and vehicles.

Electric Vehicles, Other Renewables
Heavy duty electric truck maker signs major wind power supply deal
David Labrador11 Oct 20180 comments

Global industrial manufacturer Cummins – the US company that last year beat Tesla to the release of an electric semi truck – has inked a wind power PPA that will supply 50 per cent of its American power needs.

Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar
My long switch to solar
Victor Bivell13 Jun 20180 comments

After many years of planning, I finally flicked the switch and installed a rooftop solar energy system. But that is just the beginning of our household's journey away from fossil fuels.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Solar
BYD goes big on small and flexible, in new battery storage push
Sophie Vorrath21 Mar 20180 comments

Chinese battery maker BYD unveils updated range of modular “solar batteries” for Australian market, as it turns up the heat on Tesla and other rivals.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs
How I learned to slash my power bill, with solar and storage
Roger Rooney14 Mar 20180 comments

In December 2016, I added 6.5kW of rooftop solar and a Tesla Powerwall 1 battery and became part of the Reposit Power, ACTewAGL Virtual Big Battery in Canberra. Here's what happened next.

Electric Vehicles
The What, Why, When guide to buying an electric vehicle in Australia
Bryce Gaton28 Feb 20180 comments

Affordable, 300km plus range electric vehicles are about to hit Australian showrooms. But is there an EV available now or coming soon that will meet your needs?

Electric Vehicles
Tesla EV charged with diesel generator still cleaner than conventional car
Robert Dean14 Feb 20180 comments

Critics argue EVs charged with fossil fuelled electricity are as dirty, if not dirtier than conventional ICE cars. We put that to the test.

Electric Vehicles
CEFC backed green loan scheme hopes to boost EV uptake
Sophie Vorrath13 Feb 20180 comments

New green loan scheme backed by Clean Energy Finance Corporation to offer cheaper finance to buy and lease low and zero emissions vehicles.

Electric Vehicles
Norway electric ferry cuts emissions by 95%, costs by 80%
Sophie Vorrath6 Feb 20180 comments

Orders roll in for Norwegian made all-electric car ferry, after prototype cuts carbon emissions by 95% and operating cost by 80% compared to fuel-powered counterparts.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar
WA trial to use blockchain technology to deliver smart energy – and water
Sophie Vorrath21 Nov 20170 comments

Blockchain technology by Perth-based Power Ledger to be used to coordinate solar, battery storage and water services in urban-scale trial.

Electric Vehicles
"Autonobus" driverless shuttle trial kicks off at Victoria's La Trobe Uni
Sophie Vorrath15 Nov 20170 comments

Driverless shuttle bus trial kicks off at La Trobe University's Bundoora campus, to test the use of autonomous vehicles as "last mile" transport solutions.

Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle uptake will siphon fuel tax revenue, warns report
Sophie Vorrath24 Oct 20170 comments

Productivity Commission warns Australia's inevitable shift from petrol fuelled cars to EVs will take a huge chunk out of the federal government budget.

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