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Electric hot water could tame the solar duck, boost renewables and save billions

New research finds re-configuring Australia’s off-peak hot water systems to coincide with peak daytime solar production could provide around 4,000GWh…

August 5, 2024

Clucking good power: Australia’s largest off-grid chicken farm runs on solar and batteries

Australia’s largest off-grid chicken farm – and one of biggest off-grid farms of any kind – is being powered completely…

July 23, 2024

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…

June 24, 2024

Groundbreaking trial shows how VPPs can pay for home batteries, slash costs on the grid

Two-year trial underscores "huge potential" for virtual power plants to solve some of the grid's thorniest problems, as long as…

June 21, 2024

“A better way to live:” Indigenous-owned solar microgrid lights way for energy democracy

Locked out of rooftop solar and locked in to a prepaid electricity supply, a remote Indigenous community in the NT…

June 6, 2024

Home battery rebate up to $2,400 unveiled, one day after deal to keep coal plant burning

New South Wales government announces home battery rebate of up to $2,400 for existing solar homes and a reward for…

May 24, 2024

Sun tax: When it will hit, what it will cost and why solar export tariffs remain controversial

Reports that NSW solar households are about to get slugged with shock new export tariffs are exaggerated – but only…

May 16, 2024

Energy retailer offers rebates to help customers say goodbye to fossil gas

A leading Australian energy retailer urges its tens of thousands of residential gas customers to go electric, in a deal…

April 10, 2024

Battery storage sales surge as households seek payback against the grid

Australians are increasingly keen on batteries, but the reasons why signal an ever-widening gap between consumers and industry.

April 9, 2024

Networks embrace stand-alone power as solar and batteries beat out poles and wires

Two completely off-grid solar, battery and diesel generator systems have gone live in New South Wales, owned and operated by…

March 27, 2024