Anne Delaney, Author at Renew Economy

Anne Delaney

Contributor

Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

Electrification

Six apps to run a smart home? Electrification pilots expose energy management headache
Two electrification pilots reveal how technology designed to simplify household energy use can add cost, complexity and another hurdle to an all-electric home.
Anne Delaney

Oct 29, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Big savings, big barriers – getting Australian business off gas
From swimming pools to factories, heat pumps are proving their worth, but getting off gas takes more than efficient technology.
Anne Delaney

Oct 27, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn Podcast: The Australian invention bringing rooftop solar to apartments
Fresh from a double win at the Australian Good Design Awards, Allume’s SolShare is overcoming the barriers to bringing cheap, clean electricity to apartment dwellers.
Anne Delaney

Oct 20, 2026

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Videos

Why the old tradie business model won’t deliver all-electric homes | SwitchedOn Australia
All Electric Homes founder Trent Jones warns that a shortage of skilled tradies, fragmented business models and poorly designed rebates could derail Australia’s push to electrify millions of homes.
Anne Delaney

Oct 14, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Why the old tradie business model won’t deliver all-electric homes
All Electric Homes founder Trent Jones warns that a shortage of skilled tradies, fragmented business models and poorly designed rebates could derail Australia’s push to electrify millions of homes.
Anne Delaney

Oct 13, 2026

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SwitchedOn Australia

Why electricity is now central to the fight against poverty | SwitchedOn Australia
Global Citizen’s Michael Sheldrick on why the global push to electrify could lift millions out of poverty, and why Collie is a key test case for the transition from coal.
Anne Delaney

Oct 9, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Why electricity is now central to the fight against poverty
Global Citizen’s Michael Sheldrick on why the global push to electrify could lift millions out of poverty, and why Collie is a key test case for the transition from coal.
Anne Delaney

Oct 6, 2026

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Electrification

Where’s Evo? The missing network in Canberra’s bold electrification experiment
Canberra is becoming a real-world laboratory for mass electrification, but its local electricity network will be watching from the sidelines.
Anne Delaney

Oct 5, 2026

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Multimedia

The volunteers who put an entire suburb on the path to electrification | SwitchedOn Australia
A four-year grassroots campaign has transformed into a major ARENA-backed pilot to help up to 1,000 Canberra households go electric.
Anne Delaney

Sep 30, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: The inexperienced volunteers who put an entire suburb on the path to electrification
A four-year grassroots campaign has transformed into a major ARENA-backed pilot to help up to 1,000 Canberra households go electric.
Anne Delaney

Sep 29, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Network bets its own money on filling commercial roofs with solar and storing it in community batteries
Network’s revamped community power trial aims to turn surplus commercial solar into lower bills for 32,000 customers across entire neighbourhoods.
Anne Delaney

Sep 25, 2026

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Multimedia

The “Goldilocks” energy upgrades package that could slash rental bills | SwitchedOn Australia
Modelling by Renew reveals a Goldilocks package of energy efficiency upgrades is needed to make rental homes healthier and cut tenants’ bills by up to three-quarters.
Anne Delaney

Sep 25, 2026

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