SwitchedOn Australia
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Join Anne Delaney as she tracks the electrification of everything with people at the forefront of the electrification transition.
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Why battery owners - not renters - could be the big winners from Solar Sharer
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Why apartments could be at the forefront of renewable energy adoption, rather than an afterthought
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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The hidden energy guzzler in 1.3 million Australian backyards - and how it could help the grid
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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How I electrified: Why energy efficiency came first
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Inside the world’s largest battery electric ferry
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May 27, 2026 |
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Why Australia’s energy devices need a common language
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May 20, 2026 |
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Opening the front door to the sustainable energy transition
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May 10, 2026 |
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How I Electrified: the unexpected payoffs from ditching gas at home
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May 04, 2026 |
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Why are some home batteries so cheap?
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The tax tweak that could cut renters energy bills
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The hidden crisis behind rising electricity disconnections
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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The plug-in solar hack that’s now booming in Germany
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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How households are reshaping the role of electricity networks
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Community benefits in renewables: How regional Australia can share the gains
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Are solar households shifting electricity costs onto everyone else?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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How will the data industry control the future of clean energy?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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The home battery lock-in no one warned you about
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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How apartments and renters can plug into solar, if the rules change
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Why energy companies should be forced to act in their customers best interests
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The community that set the rules of engagement when wind and solar came to town
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Saul Griffith wants a consumer army to lead the fight for a cheaper energy system
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Future-proofing footy – the climate solutions strengthening local clubs
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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The embedded network that takes a village, and powers it
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Solar Sharers meets reality – why leaky homes could undermine the promise of lower energy bills
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Gas company shutdown pushes regional towns onto LPG, not efficient electric alternatives
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Are households becoming shock absorbers for the energy transition?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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How the renewable construction boom can help fix the crisis in regional housing
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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1 in 3 energy retailers potentially greenwashing – and the government program that let’s them
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The power of good rules – how regulation builds trust in the energy transition
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Weekly power cuts - the scandal of prepaid electricity in First Nations communities
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The misinformation machine – how doubt fuels delay
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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A carbon price Australia might finally agree on
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Make embedded networks work for consumers and the energy transition, not profits
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Is the cheaper home batteries scheme ‘a colossal wasted opportunity’?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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How to escape the gas death spiral
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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CHOICE vs the energy ‘saver’ plans that actually cost you more
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The renewables lifeline for farmers
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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The game changing tool to protect birds in Australia’s renewable rollout
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Electrify 2515’s early wins road testing Australia’s electric future
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Plug in and fight back - Saul Griffith wants a consumer army to fight for energy justice
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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The bold trial challenging ‘poles and wires’ thinking
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Heat or eat? The alarming rise of energy hardship in Australia
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Why charging your electric vehicle at lunchtime will save on costly grid upgrades
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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So you want to install a community battery? Try something simpler first
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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We’ve been trying to fix rising electricity prices the wrong way
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The future of farming - how renewables can reshape agriculture
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Electricity plans should be as easy as ordering an uber
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Trading solar: buying and selling solar power with neighbours and friends
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Local conversations that drive home electrification and energy efficiency
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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The Tesla driving sparkie’s guide to home batteries, rebates and VPPs
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Disrupting energy retailing, and making the market work for consumers
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Energy efficiency – why is doing more with less so difficult?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Green claims on trial – parents take on a major greenhouse gas emitter
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May 27, 2025 |
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How Hay got ahead of anti-renewables misinformation to deliver affordable energy
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May 20, 2025 |
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Energy as a civil right, not just a commodity
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May 13, 2025 |
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Switching electricity plans sucks – and the startup making it easy
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May 06, 2025 |
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Australia votes: will your MP help unlock Australia’s renewable potential?
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Batteries, not band-aids: community independent pushes clean energy as cost-of-living cure
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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The electorate that could power the transition, and the community independent who knows how
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Solar gardening – growing power for renters
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Farming the sun, grazing the land
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Why we have electricity tariffs all wrong
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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So you want to install a community battery? How Yarra Energy Foundation did it.
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Why energy complaints are soaring and consumers need better energy protection
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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The majority of Australians rely on unregulated ‘eco’ claims and greenwashing to buy electrical appliances
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Why the energy industry keeps getting consumers wrong
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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So you want to install a community battery? Village Power’s battle to get switched on
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Beyond the illusion of rationality: Alan Pears on fixing Australia’s energy system
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Tailoring the transition - why renewables must fit communities, not the other way round
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The missing links in the green energy transition
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Summer Series: How I electrified - Rosemary
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Summer Series: How I electrified – Mark
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Summer Series: How I electrified – Brody
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Summer Series: How I electrified - Sarah
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Will Victoria’s ‘one-stop-shops’ overcome the hurdles facing household electrification?
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Let's stop letting gas shape our thinking and build a national pathway to electrification
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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How real estate agents stonewalled renewable energy upgrades for private renters
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Electrifying all our public hospitals is a marathon we need to start now
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Postcodes with higher unemployment have higher rates of rooftop solar
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Why virtual power plants will fail unless the energy system changes
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Breaking even on rooftop solar, home batteries and 2 Teslas in just under 9 years
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Why the energy transition needs consumers to love electricity
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Groundbreaking community pilot to help spark the electrification of all Australian homes
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Stop bill-shocking by forcing householders on to time-of-use electricity tariffs
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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In defence of 'community' batteries
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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How an air tight home can reduce energy costs by up to 20%
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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The Tesla-driving sparkie is back to answer householder electrification questions
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Why the renewable ‘shiny shoes’ brigade needs to work with local communities
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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How community batteries can help the energy transition
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Unlocking the power of hot water
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Why solar and batteries should be installed in every school in the country
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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How 50,000 households can displace a gas peaker plant
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Taking the pain out of an energy upgrade
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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The future could be even brighter
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Households need information, not just discounted ‘green finance’
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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The electrician who swapped his diesel guzzling ute for a Tesla
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Community investors power 20 MW of solar, cut fossil fuels, and slash energy bills
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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How to make a house carbon negative and displace other people’s fossil fuels as well as your own
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Why consumers won't join virtual power plants when we have EVs with bidirectional charging
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Energy retailers make money by keeping consumers disengaged and the energy market complex
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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E-bikes & their essential role in net zero transport, but not with poor quality bikes
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Free electricity for every household’s essential energy needs could deliver energy equity
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May 26, 2024 |
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A missed opportunity to deliver permanent energy bill relief and plug the looming gas supply gap
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May 19, 2024 |
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Community batteries are failing to deliver value for energy consumers, or reduce bills
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May 12, 2024 |
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We’ve barely scratched the surface of how much energy efficiency can help the energy transition
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May 05, 2024 |
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Australians need new energy standards to make informed decisions about our home appliances
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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NZ is one of the first countries to reach an electrification tipping point
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Labor’s strategy to reduce energy bills and emissions – too much planning, not enough doing?
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Community focused energy projects more likely to win hearts and minds for the energy transition
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Australia at risk of being flooded by cheap, inefficient ‘faux’ hot water heat pumps
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Low-cost Government loans for all Australian residences could help everyone electrify
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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How First Nations communities are solving long standing energy security problems with renewables
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Developers are locking customers into inflated energy prices they can’t escape from for years
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Why a home battery is a good idea to buy this year if you have rooftop solar
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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'I was sick of spending all that money, and sick of being cold' - how Sarah electrified
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps could save Australians $19 billion in energy costs
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Fight climate change - become an electrician!
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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From 100% dirty diesel to 70% solar powered, Lord Howe Island is going electric without wind
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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A 'renovation wave' could be the least costly pathway for our energy transition
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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How a health check for your home can help upgrade its energy efficiency
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Electrifying our cars and energy storage must include plans for end of life batteries
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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It takes a village to build a nation’s energy efficiency and electrification program
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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A 'one-stop-shop' making finance and installations possible for more households.
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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What Australian householders can learn from the US Inflation Reduction Act
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Lending regulations need to be modified to finance household electrification at scale
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Why choosing an induction stove is a gateway decision for getting rid of gas from our homes
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Australia could save $8 billion every year by changing more light globes
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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How energy efficiency will save money and decarbonise the grid faster
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Distrust of the energy industry could slow the rollout of all-electric households
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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The future of energy is local, in our smart all-electric homes
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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We can't build cities around cars, even if they're electric
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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How a Republican Mayor in the US uses local government powers to electrify his city
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Stop laying gas traps for the uninformed
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Put a date on gas and stop digging a bigger hole for us all to get out of
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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How the WA town of Esperance transitioned off network gas in just 12 months
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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A renewable energy and energy efficiency company offering a 'one stop shop' for electrification
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Not knowing all the answers is not a reason not to start - the ACT's plan for an all-electric future
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Communities taking back the power
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Difficult, confusing, annoying and expensive - an energy expert's experience of going all-electric
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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We can electrify the smart way, or the slow and expensive way.
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented
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Jul 12, 2023 |