For many Australians, electric vehicles remain prohibitively expensive. Here are some options that may reduce the initial costs of joining clean transport revolution.
Explainer: Six ways to drive down the up-front cost of buying an EV
Explainers
Explainer: How to cut home emissions and power bills by fixing leaks and insulation
Australian homes are so inefficient and so leaky they are described as “glorified tents”. There’s a simple way to cut emissions and power power bills.
Explainer: How electric induction cookers work and why they clear the air
If you aren’t burning gas in your home for space or water heating, there might be one gas user left in your home: the cooktop.
Explainer: Why hot-water heat pumps are great for homes with or without solar PV
A hot-water heat pump can be the cheapest way to heat water at your home or business, with or without rooftop solar.
Explainer: What’s the cheapest way to heat my house if I get off gas?
How do you heat your home cheaply and efficiently if you don’t use gas? There are renewable options.
Explainer: When can I charge my house from my EV?
The ability to use your car as a mobile energy storage and supply device is on our doorstep – or should we say, in our driveway.
Explainer: What is a big battery and what can it do?
Big batteries are a versatile, cost competitive and exciting new technology changing the landscape of Australia’s electricity grid. Here’s how.
Explainer: Solar inverters have a new, important role to play – are you affected?
Changes to inverter standards will require new solar inverters to play a much more active role in the broader grid. So what does this mean for consumers?
Video: Can Australia meet its climate goals? Not at this rate
At current rates of emissions cuts, Australia won’t reach net-zero emissions for at least another 200 years.
Video: Why don’t Coalition ministers visit wind and solar farms?
The Federal Coalition likes to boast that Australia leads the world in wind and solar. Curious then, that no ministers have attended an opening of these facilities. Must have been busy.
