Electricity
SEC to build solar farm to power more than 50,000 Victorian homes
It will be the first 100 per cent government-owned energy generation project since Victoria’s electricity grid was privatised in the 1990s.
- by Broede Carmody
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Your solar panel payments are running out – can you get paid to install a battery?
The sun is shining so brightly on the energy grid that household batteries must become the new frontier of power bill savings.
- by Mike Foley
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Electric vehicles
The 149 reasons for inner west EV owners like Peter not to fear range anxiety
The Annandale resident will benefit from the 671 kerbside electric vehicle chargers that are being part funded by the NSW government.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Analysis
Electric vehicles
If cars become batteries on wheels, cities become power plants
Australia’s energy system now offers vehicle-to-grid charging, which will make the concept of traditional baseload power redundant.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Renewable energy is roaring back, crushing coal to historic lows
Stronger winds and heavier rainfall have boosted renewables and pummelled coal to its lowest share of the east coast grid on record for the past two months.
- by Nick Toscano
How you can apply for a subsidised home battery from tomorrow
NSW households can claim up to $2600 towards the cost of installing a battery to store solar energy and as much as $400 to connect to a virtual power plant.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
AusNet wants gas customers to pay $70m extra, to make up for lost customers
AusNet is already compensated as households shift from gas to electricity, but says it’s not enough.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Apartment dwellers push for the right to air their clean laundry
Millions of Australians live in apartments, but many new developments ban washing from being hung outdoors.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
It has been called NSW’s ‘friendliest city’. The mayor says that might be about to change
Broken Hill has endured 10 days of rolling power outages after a storm cut the outback city off from the electricity network.
- by Christopher Harris
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Renewables
A place in the sun: How to get solar to 2.5m apartment dwellers
Australia has the highest uptake of rooftop solar in the world, but the growing number of apartment dwellers has been left behind. This is how to turn the tables.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall
Too old, too expensive: Coal can’t wait for nuclear, says energy regulator
The high-stakes parliamentary inquiry into nuclear power examined Peter Dutton’s plan to build nuclear power plants across the country.
- by Mike Foley
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