While I don’t consider myself particularly wicked, I still get little rest. For example, on Friday night, I was relaxing with my family in sub-tropical Queensland when we were interrupted by a solar telemarketer who so blatantly breached industry standards I put the police onto him.
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While it’s very early days for the national home battery rebate, here’s how the postcode leaderboard looks based on July 2025 installation figures. But there’s (a lot) of missing data, so expect changes in the rankings.
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Construction of another network battery for Energy Queensland has been completed. But what’s really impressive is the energy storage contribution very recently made by home battery installations in the state.
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Winaico’s WST-BDX54-B2 WBC Series rooftop solar panels should be available in Australia very soon. Here’s what we know.
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Hot water heat pumps can slash energy bills and carbon emissions due to their sheer efficiency, but take things to another level when timed to draw on cheap solar instead of expensive grid energy. Here’s what your heat pump needs to make this possible.
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Your solar power system is now installed and the installer has headed off. Discover what to check and how to ensure it keeps slashing your power bills for decades.
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Back in my engineering days, I designed control systems for everything from nuclear power plants to optical semiconductor fabs. High-stakes stuff, where things not working properly was frowned upon. One thing that became clear early on: the hardware install was just the beginning. The real work started when you powered things up and tried to […]
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If the idea of handing control of your home battery over to a Virtual Power Plant operator (VPP) doesn’t appeal to you, perhaps participating in a Virtual Energy Network (VEN) will.
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If, like me, you own a character home, it’ll have some unused and outdated features which need dragging into this century. In this article, we’ll be looking at ways to deal with chimneys, because with the cost of energy these days, nobody needs a gaping hole in their house.
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The Clean Energy Council’s (CEC’s) Approved Product lists are big. Really big. Discover how many products are listed, the number of applications rejected, plus other related facts and figures.
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