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Home battery owners need more flexibility to break resistance to VPPs, Rewiring Australia survey finds

Few home battery owners have signed up to join virtual power plants, with concerns about loss of control and a lack of trust discouraging a higher take-up.
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Social housing tenants to get coordinated rooftop PV and home batteries in first urban renewable zone

First urban renewable energy zone to host pilot program to demonstrate how social housing tenants can benefit from cor-ordination of rooftop PV and home batteries.
Network bets its own money on filling commercial roofs with solar and storing it in community batteries

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.

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Home battery owners need more flexibility to break resistance to VPPs, Rewiring Australia survey finds

Home battery owners need more flexibility to break resistance to VPPs, Rewiring Australia survey finds

Few home battery owners have signed up to join virtual power plants, with concerns about loss of control and a lack of trust discouraging a higher take-up.
Social housing tenants to get coordinated rooftop PV and home batteries in first urban renewable zone

Social housing tenants to get coordinated rooftop PV and home batteries in first urban renewable zone

First urban renewable energy zone to host pilot program to demonstrate how social housing tenants can benefit from cor-ordination of rooftop PV and home batteries.
Network bets its own money on filling commercial roofs with solar and storing it in community batteries

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.
Australia can gain more from eliminating diesel than enabling AI

Australia can gain more from eliminating diesel than enabling AI

The most important imperative for Australia is to get rid of diesel. It is a no brainer for the economy, for national security and the environment. But there is no policy.
Gas lobby bid to halt home electrification falls flat as Labor says it will stay the course

Gas lobby bid to halt home electrification falls flat as Labor says it will stay the course

State government says it has no plans to water down or pause a regulated phaseout of gas from homes and businesses, despite the bidding of one of Australia’s largest gas infrastructure corporations.
Faster electrification can slash energy import bills by $US400 billion, cut global oil use by 18 million barrels a day

Faster electrification can slash energy import bills by $US400 billion, cut global oil use by 18 million barrels a day

IEA report finds electricity could meet 33% of world’s final energy consumption by 2035 – and slash the bills of fuel-importing nations by more than $US400 billion.
SwitchedOn podcast: The “Goldilocks” energy upgrades package that could slash rental bills

SwitchedOn podcast: The “Goldilocks” energy upgrades package that could slash rental bills

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.
Weak rental energy efficiency standards could leave tenants saddled with higher power bills

Weak rental energy efficiency standards could leave tenants saddled with higher power bills

Renters will be saddled with higher power bills if minimum energy efficiency standards stop at ceiling insulation and air conditioning, new modelling warns.