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- Reducing Your Electricity Bill - 10 top tips Mon, 30 Oct 17, 4:06amElectricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.
- Cheap Electricity and Energy Efficiency Mon, 28 Sep 09, 5:59amHow to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.
- Solar Power - the facts about setting up Solar Power Mon, 10 Sep 12, 10:21amSolar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.
- Windows and saving on heating and cooling costs Wed, 25 Nov 09, 5:52amWindows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.
- What is Passive Solar? Wed, 31 May 17, 6:38amPassive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.
- Woodside’s North West Shelf gas development would release more than eight times Australia’s annual emissions if it continues to operate until 2070
- Better insulation would save large sums for millions struggling with the cost of living, finds LGA report
- Just throw money: AEMO demands $12b gift to build 10,000 km of new transmission lines for Renewables 14 hours agoMarcus Wong Wongm Effectively — the AEMO (the Australian Energy Market Operator) is the taxpayer funded advertising agency for the Renewables Industry...
- US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions 19 hours agoCourt sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
- How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters one day agoPipeline companies facing opposition in blue states have launched a $10m PR campaign targeting the Democratic base
- Court sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
- Pipeline companies facing opposition in blue states have launched a $10m PR campaign targeting the Democratic base
- State energy minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, says investors need confidence electricity grid will be ready for renewables
- Modern biofuels are touted as a boon for the climate. But, used on a large scale, they are no more sustainable than whale oil
- Hydrogen is a ‘truly sustainable solution’ for aviation which has so far been hard to decarbonise, says aircraft maker Stralis
- Number of climate-related lawsuits globally has doubled since 2015, with quarter filed in past two years
- One claim from the past week is based on a nuclear plant that hasn’t been built and another confuses the role of battery storage
- What Australia’s power grid urgently needs for ‘once-in-a-century transformation’ away from fossil fuels one day agoMost likely scenario to reach net zero by 2050 projects all coal-fired power plants exit by 2043, according to market operator
- Progress report from the Climate Change Committee suggests ministers could renege on greenhouse gas emissions commitment
- Progress report from the Climate Change Committee suggests ministers could renege on greenhouse gas emissions commitment
- Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...
- Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.
- Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices