Latest Electrification
Rules should ensure households have the financial freedom not to choose gas
If governments won’t ban new gas connections for fear of limiting consumer choice, they must ensure all new gas connected homes can be easily and cheaply electrified.
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How this 1960s Sydney home became carbon negative and now displaces other people’s fossil fuels
Motivated by a determination to do the right thing by the planet, Kenrick’s house now generates clean energy for the grid, and makes money for his family.
World’s biggest grids could be powered by renewables, with little or no storage – if we are smart enough
If the world learned to be smarter and more efficient, it could go fully renewable with little or no storage. But that’s not the way markets are designed.
“Picking losers:” Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse
Energy expert Amory Lovins says “all of the above” rhetoric is about picking losers rather than winners, and anyone who cares about the climate crisis would not choose nuclear over renewables or energy efficiency.
All Electrification
Rules should ensure households have the financial freedom not to choose gas
If governments won’t ban new gas connections for fear of limiting consumer choice, they must ensure all new gas connected homes can be easily and cheaply electrified.
How this 1960s Sydney home became carbon negative and now displaces other people’s fossil fuels
Motivated by a determination to do the right thing by the planet, Kenrick’s house now generates clean energy for the grid, and makes money for his family.World’s biggest grids could be powered by renewables, with little or no storage – if we are smart enough
If the world learned to be smarter and more efficient, it could go fully renewable with little or no storage. But that’s not the way markets are designed.
“Picking losers:” Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse
Energy expert Amory Lovins says “all of the above” rhetoric is about picking losers rather than winners, and anyone who cares about the climate crisis would not choose nuclear over renewables or energy efficiency.
SwitchedOn Podcast: The problem with community batteries
Tristan Edis, from Green Energy Markets, explains why helping network operators install community batteries is not the best return on investment.
More than just panels on rooftops: How to make the most out of household PV and batteries
Experts say approaches that allow local communities to be involved in renewable energy projects, and share benefits of household resources, will accelerate the transition.
