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A Virtual Power Plant, or VPP, is a network of connected homes each with their own solar panels system and battery storage. VPPs are an exciting technological innovation in electricity distribution.  Still relatively new, they promise to improve the resilience

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Australia’s biggest electricity retailer, AGL, has rejected an “unsolicited” takeover bid by Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and $A1 trillion Canadian asset manager Brookfield. The Cannon-Brookes plan is to spend $20 billion to get AGL to net zero carbon emissions

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Did you know that an inefficient heating and cooling system can account for up to 40 per cent of your annual energy use? Switching to an energy-efficient reverse cycle split system air conditioner will lower your heating and cooling bills

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How do you work out the number of solar panels you’ll need for your home?  This is probably the #1 question we get asked by prospective customers every day! Look around your neighbourhood and you’ll see houses with 8 or

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Battery storage is becoming increasingly popular amongst Australian homeowners.  Rising electricity prices combined with falling feed-in tariffs are prompting many people to wonder whether they would be better off storing their surplus solar rather than exporting it to the grid.

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Australia’s so-called “Sun Tax” is a new export tariff that charges solar owners for solar electricity they send to the grid.  The new rules regarding the export charge will take effect on 1 July 2022, but electricity retailers won’t be

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With over 300 solar panel brands worldwide, consumers are spoilt for choice. But sometimes too much choice creates confusion. How do you choose a good solar panel brand for your home? Which panel will stand the test of time and

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The warranty on your solar inverter is the most important of all the warranties for your solar panels system. Both the brains and workhorse of your solar system, the inverter is also the part that’s most likely to fail. At

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The solar feed-in tariff – the amount you get paid for sending your excess solar electricity to the grid – is one of the most talked-about aspects of solar. A lot of people believe that solar panels systems aren’t worth

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Did you know that there are 5,465 solar panel brands from 99 solar manufacturers on the Australian Clean Energy Council approved solar panels list? We are spoilt for choice in Australia when it comes to solar panels. Whilst choice is