Practical tips on electrification from an electrician.
SwitchedOn podcast: The electrician who swapped his diesel guzzling ute for a Tesla
Electrification
Companies get funding to deliver solar and heat pumps to vulnerable households
Seven companies will receive grants to deliver bulk solar panel and hot water system installations to vulnerable households and support the switch away from gas.
“A basic right:” Why energy for cooking, heating and cooling should be free
A leading energy researcher calls on the government to provide free energy for essential services
SwitchedOn podcast: How this community cut fossil fuels and slashed energy bills
ClearSky Solar is a community initiative that helps businesses divest from fossil fuels by linking community investors to local solar projects that need financing.
Switch to electric heat pump heating and avoid freezing with gas
Rather than freezing through a gas shortage, we can get our homes off gas, be safer, healthier and more comfortable, and ease our cost of living.
New York high-rise uses heat pumps and waste heat to cut fossil fuels
The cutting-edge, state-backed project could be a model for other big buildings sprinting to comply with the city’s building decarbonisation law.
Governments tip $63 million into electrification, efficiency for thousands in social housing
Federal and state governments announce $63.2 million partnership designed to provide energy upgrades for remote and regional social housing properties.
How ‘a suburban dad’ made his house carbon negative and even displaces other people’s fossil fuels
Motivated by wanting to show what householders can achieve, Brody Kenrick upgraded his house to generate clean energy for the grid, reduce emissions and make money for his family.
SwitchedOn podcast: The fully electric home that makes money and cuts emissions
Brody Kenrick's house is an inspiring example of what can be achieved when it can produce and store energy.
How batteries on wheels and bidirectional EV charging could kill VPPs
The energy market is relying on consumers signing up to virtual power plants. What if they're wrong?
SwitchedOn Podcast: How electricity can be free
Jetcharge cofounder Tim Washington on how bidirectional electric vehicle charging will change the energy game for consumers – and maybe even make electricity free.
Sun taxes and surprise tariffs: Why alienate consumers right when we need them most?
Two recent energy market developments show we’re still a long way from where we need to be on consumer engagement and integration of home solar and battery storage.
Households give power companies a fail on value for money, trustworthiness
Consumers think gas and electricity companies offer worse value than supermarkets, a survey shows, as regulators and energy bosses gather for a summit.
Electric lawn mowers and solar panels could be “gateways” to home electrification
US survey finds fhe best way to get people to electrify everything might be getting them to electrify something — anything at all.
SwitchedOn Podcast: How Amber Electric is changing the energy game
Amber Electric co-founder Dan Adams on disrupting the energy retail industry, building consumer trust, and giving customers full control of their energy assets.
Victoria is raising rental efficiency standards – it’s good news for tenants and the environment
Victorian government's proposed new minimum standards will greatly improve quality and comfort of rental housing. They will also make it cheaper to live in.
