UK green energy retailer Social Energy launched in Australia last November and it promises to offer consumers a market-leading residential feed-in tariff. The company also promises the latest in virtual power plant tech to optimise solar battery storage and, therefore, savings. Social Energy got the official green light from the Australian Energy Regulator last November…
It seems Australia can’t help but go large! The country already has pole position when it comes to the world’s largest battery storage systems and it’s planning to maintain this lead. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) announced in November 2020 that it had completed the System Integrity Protection Scheme (SIPS) procurement process for the…
The last thing you need, when you head indoors after another insanely hot day, is for your aircon to send out not just cool air, but a nasty smell. Not only do unpleasant smells…smell unpleasant, but these smells may be the harbinger of a problem that could affect your health. The air coming out of…
One of the main planks of the argument between fossil fuels and renewables is the price of each. Coal fans always insist that the black stuff is cheapest and the International Energy Agency (IEA) has usually backed this up. Until now, that is. The IEA publishes an annual energy outlook that governments around the world…
Graziers Will and Dorothy Graham run cattle on their Withersfield Station ranch near Emerald in central QLD. The Graham family has lived on the 50,000-ha ranch since the 1950s but are finding it harder to raise as many cattle due to increasing droughts. Mr Graham believes that the droughts are becoming more frequent, especially in…
The Queensland government recently unveiled a $1 billion covid-19 recovery package and half of this amount is to go towards fast-tracking the creation of three renewable energy zones. QLD premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the $500 million Renewable Energy Fund in early September, as well as announcing that the other $500 million would go towards helping…
The Premier of Queensland, Annastacia Palasazczuk and the opposition leader Deb Frecklington both promised that in the next few weeks they’d announce plans to reduce household electricity bills. These promises came during the first debate of the 2020 election campaign, which was held over Zoom due to covid-19 restrictions. Energy costs are a hot topic…
The global energy share of solar power and wind power has doubled since 2015, says a recent report by climate think tank Ember. These two renewables now compose around a tenth of the world’s power sources and together they’re catching up with the amount of energy generated by nuclear power plants. Solar and wind are…