Fresh federal leadership with a commitment to a national target would be a tidy primary lever to reduce energy bills, peak demand and greenhouse gas emissions, writes Rod Woolley.
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Powercor residential demand management program saves summer kilowatts, pays participants
More than a thousand Victorians shared in $50,000 as part of a Powercor program that helped reduce energy demand on hot summer days.
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Hospital energy upgrades save $4m and create nine jobs
Companies conducting upgrades across Australia seek out whatever financial incentives are available to reduce upfront costs. They will undertake upgrades that attract incentives first.
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Air-con sector boosted to clean up its act before billions more households indulge ‘comfort cooling’
Big prize money is on offer to lure the air-con industry towards engineering a seriously efficient mainstream solution.
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National energy savings scheme is worth 4.5 Liddell power plants, so what are we waiting for?
A national energy savings scheme is needed to lock in strategy after state targets end, says the Energy Savings Industry Association.
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You don’t have to be rich to ‘get’ the value of solar
Research shows solar PV uptake is more common in middle-to-lower socio-economic households ... and their cheap exports are pushing down everyone's bills.
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Energy efficiency a $7.7bn, 120,000-job opportunity for Australia
Improving the energy efficiency of Australian homes and
businesses would slash $7.7 billion a year off energy bills and create the
equivalent of 120,000 full time jobs, a new report has found.
The
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Demand response to the rescue as states simmer
The Australia Institute’s Dan Cass explains why demand response is proving so popular with energy market operators, Australian consumers and some of our country’s biggest businesses.
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Ambitious energy efficiency targets needed
Setting ambitious energy efficiency targets that are measured annually and linked to electricity and gas sales could significantly sharpen focus on demand-side energy policy, helping to offset
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Renewables momentum continues, despite political chaos
With 2019 now underway, it is worth reflecting on another extraordinary year for the Australian renewable energy industry.
The industry experienced another record-breaking year in 2018, with $20
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