Columnist and cartoonist Jill Redwood had to start over after the Ash Wednesday bush fires in 1983. She explains how she lives off grid with just a very small solar system of 1kW and battery storage.
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Preparing a private home and rental property for energy storage revolution
Leigh Adamson recently bought the house next door to create a rare half acre block in suburbia. He now has an alternative retirement income and is readying both homes for the oncoming energy storage revolution with small grid-connect solar systems.
Solar-powered irrigation gives farmers a quick return on investment
A large scale farming irrigation system using renewable energy is providing significant fuel savings over traditional diesel or grid-powered pumps.
An energy freedom home is a zero emissions home
Gas was once considered a clean, green and cheap fuel. Now it is no longer clean, no longer green and certainly not cheap.
Australia’s ‘greenest’ hotel pioneers strata fees for solar, and an EV charging station
Port Macquarie Hotel that is 100% carbon neutral uses strata fees to generate 16% return on rooftop solar panels on its roof – rather than sitting in a bank – and even hosts a Tesla charging station.
Cutting back on wasted electricity is cleanest power source of all – as our household shows
Scaling back our collective overuse of electricity would create a huge resource that can be tapped for future power needs.
The lessons learnt from 30 years of off-grid independence
Alternative off grid energy systems work, are empowering, challenging and highly enjoyable, and the freedom and independence from erratic government policy interference and corporate dominance cannot be overstated.
Off-grid living for family of 5 in western Victoria – all it needed was more solar
While most people dream of building a carbon neutral home from scratch, the Severin family were lucky enough to walk straight into an established family pad near Horsham in western Victoria. All they needed was more solar.
Canberra Hospital to get 500kW solar system, in $3.3m govt upgrade
ACT government to install 500kW solar system at Canberra Hospital as part of a $3.3m energy upgrade that will save it $490k a year on energy bills.
Greening a grid-connect suburban home with small scale energy storage
Going off grid doesn’t necessarily mean a large solar system powering your entire home.