energy, Tag

Electricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.

How to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.

Solar 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, 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.

Passive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.

The miner has not revealed which parts of the Pilliga forest will be cleared and what it means for groundwater and threatened species

Labor presses Coalition to explain what it knows about delays as pricing agency says Beijing appears to be ‘singling out’ Australian imports

Hiring of investor to advise on environmental regulation for banks looked into by watchdog

One Nation MP moves hundreds of amendments in attempt to stop electricity infrastructure roadmap being passed this year

It has fallen to the states to lead with more realistic targets, strategies and attempted policy responses

Hong Kong-based insurance company holds stake of at least $3bn in coal projects

The approval is the final major regulatory hurdle for the project, but environmentalists and critics have vowed to keep fighting it

Energy companies will compete for contracts in auction at end of 2021

Global survey finds spending expected to double in five years in response to climate fears

The Biden transition team is facing pressure not to hire people with fossil fuel ties, like Obama’s energy secretary Ernest Moniz

Audrey Zibelman says market has reached ‘inflection point’ and decision must be made on whether to have single, national market or five state markets

We just wanted the money to pay to have the circuit board repaired

Guess “Did you know?” by David Middleton In a world where mostly unreliable power plant (solar & wind) construction is on the rise, backup power generation becomes more important every day...

Photovoltaic panels pay off for those who get feed-in tariffs but home installations have dried up without incentives

by Andy West “For me the question now is, now that we know that renewables can’t save the planet, are we going to keep letting them destroy it?”...

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