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You might be familiar with the annual report ranking the world’s most liveable cities, particularly if you live in Melbourne, which has been ranked the world’s most liveable city multiple times. That report is produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which continually analyses data from nearly 200 countries to provide impartial intelligence that can... Read More

Are you considering installing a rooftop solar array? Do you already have rooftop solar but haven’t decided whether to add a battery to your setup? Or perhaps you have a solar and battery system already and wondering if you are getting the most out of it? What if we told you that you could play... Read More

Queensland just had its worst outage in 40 years. Why and what’s next. It’s news to absolutely nobody that it can get quite hot in Queensland in summer. In fact, the Sunshine State is literally synonymous with the sun shining pretty much all the time. Apart from when the odd cyclone brings torrential, flooding rain.... Read More

There’s no disputing that Australia is well into a transformation of its energy generation and distribution systems. Some may want to argue about how we go about it and how feasible (or not) different approaches might be. It seems unlikely that we’ll get consensus any time soon, which means more time, money, and intellectual energy... Read More

Electricity prices, the energy market, and the type of generation in the mix used to be irrelevant topics for the average Australian household. We click the switch and the lights come on.  A few years ago, that started to change, the topic of green energy, the carbon tax, the “National Energy Guarantee”, and the like... Read More

You might have seen the big headline from the 28th conference of the parties – COP28 for short – in the United Arab Emirates, that Australia has joined more than 100 other countries across the globe in committing to a tripling of renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade. Perhaps the idea was... Read More