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Frugal households subsidise rich and profligate energy users
Households are being forced by incumbent energy monopolies to pay electricity supply charges for grid capacity that they don’t actually need.
Matthew Wright

Jun 24, 2014

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PCM hot water storage: the next energy efficiency super star?
For hot water storage, phase change materials should rank as the most important household energy efficiency product after insulation, heat pumps and solar.
Matthew Wright

Jun 18, 2014

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Hybrid storage inverters to seal the deal for solar
Grid operators and supportive governments may try and stymie solar, but the new wave of battery hybrids means the horse has already bolted.
Matthew Wright

Jun 13, 2014

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Outdated power pricing burden Australian households
Australia’s electricity network operators wedded to pricing model that drives up cost of supply, benefiting oldest, outdated and inflexible baseload coal plants. There are alternatives.
Matthew Wright

Jun 6, 2014

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Energy storage dominates opening days of EU solar conference
Day one at Intersolar 2014 reveals the industry’s shift of focus to the next big thing – energy storage – and making it part of the EU solar offering.
Matthew Wright

Jun 4, 2014

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Other Good Stuff

The massive subsidies in Victoria’s gas expansion plans
Victoria is allocating huge subsidies to connect regional households to expensive, outdated gas. But there’s a much cheaper, greener option.
Matthew Wright

May 29, 2014

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Gas death spiral: It’s happening, but does anyone care?
If you’re one of the millions of Australian households that don’t use gas, then you’re a step ahead of a trend that’s about to snowball.
Matthew Wright

May 27, 2014

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Dick Smith wrong on energy costs – renewables are cheapest
Dick Smith has his numbers wrong on energy costs. Renewable energy clearly provides the cheapest options for the future.
Matthew Wright

Aug 2, 2013

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Biogas no saviour for Sydney’s trigen plan
Sydney misses another opportunity to build solar and wind grid. Its ‘trigen approach’ to save emissions by 40-60% will inevitably rely on coal-seam gas.
Matthew Wright

Oct 12, 2012

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Mining energy efficiency in the home
There have been vast improvement in the energy efficiency of household appliances in recent years. Should the companies driving this progress be better recognised?
Matthew Wright

Oct 2, 2012

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