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In our last post, Why the future of energy is more solar, we told you that there’s a lot of research going on all over the world as we look for ways to make more efficient use of the unlimited energy of solar radiation. Most of the solar cells in commercially available photovoltaic panels are... Read More

In our previous blog posts, Everything you need to know about solar energy and How rooftop solar works – your questions answered, we noted that about one in six Australian homes had rooftop solar panels, the highest penetration in the world. We also pointed to the mind-blowing fact that if we were able to harness all... Read More

As many of you probably will over the next few weeks, at GloBird Energy we’re reflecting on some of the highlights of 2017 for our wonderful team. It’s easy to say “we believe in (whatever)” or “our goal is to (something)”, but as GloBird is a small company operating from a modest building in suburban... Read More

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) is looking into electricity pricing and we’re definitely paying attention! A couple of months ago, after gathering data from dozens of different sources – including businesses involved in all aspects of the electricity generation and supply industry – the Commission released a 175-page preliminary report of its Retail... Read More

We’ve spent the past couple of posts looking at aspects of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) preliminary report of its Retail Electricity Pricing Inquiry, firstly summarising some of the most significant things the report had found and then digging a bit deeper into what the inquiry had identified as the main reasons for... Read More