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Battery/Storage, Featured, Off-Grid, Software/Gadgets, Solar
How to ditch diesel in the wilderness: Microgrid blends solar with stunning landscape
Sophie Vorrath28 Mar 20230 comments

A microgrid with every element carefully matched to its circumstances, including the rooftop PV mounting system, starts powering an off-grid wilderness sanctuary.

solaredge Home
Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar
Rooftop solar payback periods are back down to near record-lows
Rachel Williamson20 Mar 20230 comments

The Clean Energy Regulator thinks 2023 could be a record year for small solar installations - and batteries are on the up as well.

Featured, Policy, Solar
Sun Tax: What solar export tariffs could cost you, and why you should be worried
Sophie Vorrath24 Feb 20230 comments

"More holes than Swiss cheese!" Network proposed solar tariffs might not hit bills too hard to start with, but the cost of rushing them through could be high.

image rob asselman house all-electric
Energy Efficiency, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar
How I fully electrified my home – and seven tips to help you do it too
Rob Asselman21 Feb 20230 comments

For an energy industry veteran, the journey to electrifying my home was more challenging than expected. Here are my top tips to make it easier.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar
Home battery boom: Are we being worried and annoyed into adding solar storage?
Rachel Williamson14 Feb 20230 comments

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?

Featured, Solar
Rooftop solar costs in Australia jump for the first time in a decade
Sophie Vorrath1 Feb 20230 comments

But Australian residential solar systems still offer some of the lowest costs in the world – particularly compared to today's grid and gas prices.

Energy Efficiency, Featured
Can induction stoves convince home cooks to give up gas?
Sarah Wesseler23 Jan 20230 comments

Induction stoves offer major benefits over gas, but home cooks face barriers in making the switch

Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar, Tariffs
Rooftop solar feed-in tariff cuts keep coming, despite soaring power bills
Sophie Vorrath21 Dec 20220 comments

Pressure is growing on solar households to maximise self-consumption of their rooftop PV as regulators chip away at the value of solar exports.

Featured, Solar, Tariffs
Sun Tax: How three network companies propose to charge for rooftop solar exports
Mark Byrne15 Dec 20220 comments

Three NSW electricity networks are planning to introduce rooftop solar export tariffs from 2024. Here's how they're proposing to do it.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
King Island’s world leading renewable micro-grid to add another big solar farm
Sophie Vorrath12 Dec 20220 comments

Tasmania’s King Island will boost its renewable energy supply – and further slash its use of diesel fuel – with the addition of a 1.5MW solar farm.

Battery/Storage, Featured, News, Policy, Solar
Industry slams “antiquated, brutal” rooftop solar switch off plan for Sunshine State
Sophie Vorrath9 Nov 20220 comments

A new rule that will require large numbers of rooftop solar systems to be fitted with a basic on-off switch has been slammed as outdated, reckless and costly.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar
“It’s not true that batteries don’t make payback:” The mission to deliver ‘free’ electricity
Sophie Vorrath4 Nov 20220 comments

Home solar and battery optimisation specialist Evergen joins with OpenSolar to continue its mission to minimise home energy bills – preferably down to zero.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar
How solar and battery households can beat coal and gas plants at their own game
Sophie Vorrath26 Oct 20220 comments

When large coal and gas generators were charging one-hundred times normal prices in the thick of the energy crisis, Amber SmartShift customers were along for the ride.

Volt solar tiles
Featured, News, Solar
‘Cheaper, better’ Australian solar tiles take on Tesla and the world
Sophie Vorrath20 Oct 20220 comments

Volt Solar Tiles launches with the promise of a product cheaper and better designed than competitors and backed by both roofing and PV expertise.

Tesla powerwall home battery cali VPP july 22
Battery/Storage, Energy Efficiency, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar
One-stop shops for home electrification: German start-up grabs share in Australian market
Sophie Vorrath & Rachel Williamson13 Oct 20220 comments

European conglomerate dives into Australian solar and battery market with takeover bid and plans to set up "one stop shops" in home electrification.

Battery/Storage, Featured, News, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Australia’s biggest rooftop solar microgrid sets stunning green benchmark for industry
Sophie Vorrath20 Sep 20220 comments

Plans unveiled for massive solar and battery based embedded network to help supply 100% renewables to tenants of the Moorebank Logistics Park.

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