For Consumers

Bioenergy, For Consumers, Renewables, Waste-to-energy

Why throw it away? … waste-to-energy’s role in our future energy mix

The potential in waste as a source of clean energy appeals to more criteria than simply one of plain economics, writes Shaun Scallan.
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Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2020, 4:49 pmSeptember 15, 2020

Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Solar ‘revolution’ has gone mainstream: APVI

Research from APVI shows the enormous extent to which the solar revolution in Australia has been driven by homeowners who "learned by doing".
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Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2020, 12:34 pmSeptember 14, 2020

Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables

Hot water heat pumps catch on

Energy savings schemes are supporting upgrades to efficient hot water systems using heat pump technology, writes Hamish McGovern.
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Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020, 6:05 amSeptember 7, 2020

Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar

All-Energy 2020 to go ahead as six-week virtual conference

The country's biggest energy conference is going ahead as a weeks-long schedule of online events that will call on more than 50 experts speaking in more than 20 sessions.
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Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2020, 3:31 pmSeptember 8, 2020

For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Tesla virtual power plant to draw on PV from 3,000 South Australia social housing properties

Housing SA tenants who sign up will have 5kW of PV and a 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall system installed at no cost to them.
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Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2020, 11:06 amSeptember 4, 2020

Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage

West Australia moves to flatten the duck curve with solar buyback scheme

The West Australian government has unleashed a change to tariffs that will make the real value in solar as clear as daylight.
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Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2020, 4:37 pmSeptember 2, 2020

For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

Research shows PV is pointed in the wrong direction

To match generation with load, most rooftop solar systems should not point north.
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Staff WriterAugust 21, 2020, 11:29 amAugust 21, 2020

For Consumers, PPAs, Renewables, Solar

Retail renewable PPAs … what’s on the menu?

As more business owners turn to clean energy using power purchase agreements energy retailers are refining their offerings, writes Chris Briggs.
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Staff WriterAugust 17, 2020, 11:41 amAugust 17, 2020