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The Best Batteries To Buy With Labor’s Rebate (And What You’ll Save)

A battery with the Labor party logoLabor’s election win means its $2.3bn Cheaper Home Batteries Program campaign promise is set to become reality. But which are the best brands to get under this new battery rebate, and how big are the savings?

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JinkoSolar Announces (Another) Panel Shipment Milestone

JinkoSolar employees celebrating panel shipment milestone

Chinese PV module and energy storage manufacturer JinkoSolar claims to have maintained its global lead in cumulative solar panel shipments and indicates its battery business is building. [Continue reading…]

Post-Election Home Electrification: Solar Batteries And Beyond

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrating Labor's 2025 Federal election win

Democracy sausages have been devoured, ballots cast and (mostly) counted, and the people have spoken. Discover what’s ahead for home electrification support in Australia under another round of Labor.

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Phase Shift: This Election, The Energy Story Was All Wrong

A voting booth

As an ex-pommie, compulsory voting still feels a bit odd to me. Skip it and you’ll cop a $20 fine — more than it costs to fill your EV on off-peak electricity. What’s really strange, though, isn’t the voting. It’s the energy policies on offer — and how little they match what the major parties […]

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Federal Election: The Coalition’s Plan For Cuts

Chris Bowen campaigns during the election in front of signs promoting solar

While Labor banked on battery incentives, on the eve of the election the Coalition announced plans for cuts to a range of home electrification programs. Here’s what was facing the axe.

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Shade Happens: When Autumn Shadows Creep Across Your Solar

As we get deeper into autumn, the days are growing short and the shadows are growing longer — which is bad news for your solar if a massive palm tree happens to be positioned in the wrong spot. Here’s how an array set up in one season can be set up to fail for another.

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Solar Buyers Win Big While Manufacturers Count Losses

Daqo solar polysilicon

Polysilicon used in the production of solar panels is still as cheap as chips and module prices remain incredibly low. That’s great news for solar buyers, not so good for manufacturers.

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AEVA Calls For “Right To Charge” EV Legislation

EV chargers in the underground car park of an apartment building 

Owners corporations and bodies corporate preventing the installation and use of EV charging equipment in strata developments will hold back electric vehicle uptake in Australia says the AEVA.

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Jemena Readies For Rooftop Solar Surge With Community Batteries

Bellfield community battery. Artwork by Felicity Gordon

Victorian Distributed Network Service Provider Jemena has taken the wraps off two new community batteries in Melbourne that will help support more solar installations in the suburbs where they’ve been installed.

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Fact Check: Actually, We Can Heat Homes Just Fine Without ‘Efficient’ Gas

A dial pointing to the right above the word 'false'

The “Australians for Natural Gas” group has today been reported to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for allegedly misleading claims. I’ve looked into this group and found it is spreading a number of false messages on social media, including that gas is an “efficient” source of power and that Australians would struggle to […]

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