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The shocking reasons why rental homes are not getting energy upgrades
Anne Delaney10 Dec 20240 comments

A project in Melbourne that provided free energy audits and energy upgrades for private rental homes was stonewalled by real estate agents.

News, Policy
Power and gas retailer cops record fine for breaking door-to-door sales ban
Rachel Ward6 Dec 20240 comments

Power and gas company Sumo will fork out $10 million for door-to-door sales in the largest ever penalty for breaches of one state's energy laws.

Electrification, Energy Efficiency, News
Retailer cops ban over “irregularities” in heat pump hot water sales
Joshua S Hill3 Dec 20240 comments

Solar Victoria has expelled an unnamed retailer from its Solar Homes program over invoicing irregularities from sales of heat pump hot water systems.

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SwitchedOn Podcast: Health workers call for electrification of all public hospitals
Anne Delaney28 Nov 20240 comments

Health care workers and medical groups are calling on the federal government to kick start what will be a marathon campaign to electrify Australia’s 700 odd public hospitals.

News, Solar
Canola oil producer switches on 2.8 MW solar farm to power its crushing plant entirely with PV
Joshua S Hill27 Nov 20240 comments

Flow Power says it has switched on its largest behind-the-meter project, a 2.8MW solar farm which is now providing power to a major canola oil producer in Victoria.

News, Solar
Postcodes with higher unemployment have higher rates of rooftop solar
Anne Delaney21 Nov 20240 comments

Surprising new research shows rooftop solar might be providing energy certainty for those with job uncertainty.

Battery/Storage, Electrification, News, Podcasts, Software/Gadgets
SwitchedOn Podcast: Why virtual power plants will fail unless the energy system changes
Anne Delaney11 Nov 20240 comments

Government and industry are pushing consumers to join virtual power plants, but our energy system is full of roadblocks and disincentives.

News, Policy, Software/Gadgets, Solar
“Not a good look:” CEC trips up on day one in new role, promises to do better
Sophie Vorrath7 Nov 20240 comments

Clean Energy Council gets off to less than ideal start to its "new and improved" SRES product listing service, after badly bungling a registration on day one.

Battery/Storage, News, Policy, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Solar product accreditation stays with CEC, on condition of “new and improved” service
Sophie Vorrath31 Oct 20240 comments

Clean Energy Council retains the job of managing the list of products that can participate in the federal rooftop solar rebate, on the condition it lifts its game.

Electric Vehicles, Electrification, News, Software/Gadgets
Adapt or disappear: Energy retailers must cater to consumers if they want to survive
Anne Delaney30 Oct 20240 comments

A leading UK tech company provides a platform that gives consumers incentives to help balance their use of green electricity when it's abundant and when it's not.

Battery/Storage, Electrification, News
Real community batteries are uninsurable in energy game of “snakes and ladders”
Anne Delaney28 Oct 20240 comments

Village Power are the latest community energy group to be knocked back for asset insurance for their community battery.

Electrification, News, Podcasts, Software/Gadgets
SwitchedOn podcast: Why the energy transition needs consumers to love electricity
Anne Delaney28 Oct 20240 comments

Devrim Celal from green energy retailer Octopus explains why the energy transition will not succeed unless the proper incentives are given to use electricity at the right times.

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News, Solar
Ban back in place for rooftop solar certificate trading platform
Sophie Vorrath23 Oct 20240 comments

A suspension order preventing online trading platform Greenbot from generating certificates through the federal rooftop solar rebate has been reinstated.

Electrification, News, Podcasts
SwitchedOn Podcast: World-first community pilot to help spark the electrification of everything
Anne Delaney21 Oct 20240 comments

A groundbreaking community pilot hopes to identify the opportunities and challenges as household electrification is scaled up across the whole country.

News, Tariffs
Consumers need simpler energy bills, not more complicated tariffs
Anne Delaney10 Oct 20240 comments

ECA opposes making time-of-use tariffs mandatory and wants a minimum three-year transition period for households to move to cost-reflective pricing.

Battery/Storage, News, Solar
AGL offers cheap finance to get batteries into homes – and homes into its VPP
Sophie Vorrath9 Oct 20240 comments

AGL Energy dangles a new carrot to entice customers to join its virtual power plant, which it hopes will reach 1.6GW of combined capacity by 2027.

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