Since November 2020, Australia’s energy consumers have had the change to drive their bills down to zero with Social Energy’s tech, 100% green energy packages and home battery systems. The UK-based smart energy company brings savings to homeowners with its game-changing tech, its competitive plans and its generous solar feed-in tariff. Social Energy customers could…
The town of Onslow in Western Australia’s Pilbara region recently became the largest town in Australia to spend time at 100% renewable electricity. This watershed moment happened in late May during a successful demo of the Onslow Distributed Energy (DER) Project. The state-owned regional utility provider Horizon Power managed to power the 800-strong community with…
Terrible puns aside, it seems that owning an EV is a major reason for eco-conscious motorists in the Sydney and Hunter Valley to install solar panels on their roofs. Most EV owners in these areas have rooftop solar, according to a 2020 survey by power distribution company Ausgrid, with a third saying they went solar…
The next phase of new smoke alarm legislation will help to make households in Queensland the safest in Australia when it comes to early smoke and fire detection. The ten-year legislative programme started back in 2017 and is due to be fully implemented by 2027. The first phase of the programme specified that all new…
If Australia makes the most of all its renewable power resources, it could become 1,000% renewable and be a global energy giant, according to Australian Renewable Energy Agency CEO, Darren Miller. Miller told RenewEconomy’s Energy Insiders podcast back in 2019 that Australia could produce seven times as much electricity from renewables than it uses, channelling…
Tesla recently installed its 200,000 Powerwall and the company announced this milestone via a tweet in April. The company’s home battery storage flagship product is nowhere near done yet, either, according to CFO Zachary Kirkhorn, who told investors that Tesla is working through a large backlog of orders. This information, revealed to the investors during…
If you have been thinking about a solar battery, now could well be the time to make your move! Please read on… We have recently formed a partnership with Social Energy which gives our customers an exclusive opportunity to completely wipe out their energy bills. This partnership also allows us to offer our customers a $0.40 feed-in tariff.…
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has reinforced its message that Australia needs its grid to be ready for 100% renewables now, rather than in a decade or two. The country is heading to a totally renewable future faster than anticipated and its energy infrastructure needs to be ready to take on and distribute all…
Canadian Solar has just increased the warranty period on their popular range of Residential solar panels from 12 years to 25. This change applies to the product warranty and matches their linear output warranty. Such is the confidence in Canadian Solar’s products, they have more than doubled their previous warranty, making it the longest product…
A few years ago, there were more than 450 different brands of solar panel available in Australia, whereas now there’s only 60-odd. The reason for this huge reduction in choice was that most manufacturers and their products weren’t very good! Now, it’s easier to avoid dud solar panels, with poor build quality and suspicious warrants,…