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Data used to showcase the downward impact of renewable energy on power prices contained a stunning and timely reminder: nothing has crushed household energy bills like rooftop solar.

New data shows home battery installations had a bumper second half in 2024 – but still only a fraction of solar homes have invested in storage.

The energy industry needs to design products and services that align with how people actually live, rather than expecting them to fundamentally change their behaviour to fit industry models.

Commercial rooftop solar had its best year of growth in 2024, but there is a cloud over the residential sector. Changes are afoot.

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.

If energy regulators and retailers fail to keep up with technology, more people will have to pay for the policy failures that do not incentivise people like me to remain on the grid. 

Have you heard the one about non-solar homes paying the cost to networks of accommodating solar households? New report from regulator suggests it's not a thing.

Australia has notched up a new renewable energy milestone, with the number of households around the country to have installed rooftop solar passing the four million mark.

Five months after it was first announced, NSW launches its home battery incentive, offering up to $2,400 discounts on solar storage and rebates to join VPPs.

A two-year campaign led by the local community of the 2515 postcode has resulted in world-first pilot project.

A community-led effort to electrify 500 homes in New South Wales has won millions in federal government funding, weeks ahead of its official launch in November.

Victoria will seek to lock in its energy upgrades subisdy for another 15 years, to drive investment in bill-busting energy efficiency and electrification.

NSW Labor's Consumer Energy Strategy doesn't include a gas phaseout plan, yet, but its message is clear: you're better off going electric.

A ban on new gas cooktops is off the table in Victoria, with the state government backing away from an across the board phaseout of all new gas appliances in homes.

In an unassuming factory in an Adelaide industrial precinct, 5B is walking the talk on making solar in Australia. In this case, not cells or modules, but solar Mavericks.

The Powerwall 3 has had its official launch in Australia, bringing fresh insights on its specs and special talents – and how it differs from the Powerwall 2 – and revealing the local price.