One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Long-time solar owners are feeling burned by falling feed-in tariffs and rising night time rates and flocking to batteries. It’s enough for one retailer to boost its outlets.
Experts at UNSW maintain that cooking with gas is a net negative for health. So what is it about using gas stoves in the home that is so risky?
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?
Major new report says Australian households could slash their bills by up to $3.2 billion by 2035 with the accelerated uptake of cost-reflective tariffs and incentives.
Mojo Power joins forces with Carbontrack to give customers ability to monitor and control electricity usage remotely and gain better control over power costs.
Cutting-edge technologies to be rolled out to thousands of Australian households, business and schools, in 3-year project led by Sydney-based Wattwatchers.
Australia is still building four in every five new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard – and that’s well short of optimal for environmental, economic and social outcomes.
Northern Territory Labor government opens $2m grant scheme to encourage councils to move to better energy efficient infrastructure and reduce costs to consumers and taxpayers.
Building owners should care about grid integration services because such services save them money, and can provide new sources of revenue.
Is your TV running? Not the opening line of a joke, but serious question smart meter giant Landis+Gyr wants to be able to answer for customers – before they even ask.
