As total new car sales numbers fall in Australia, advocates of electric vehicles are gleefully pointing out that sales of hybrid and electric vehicles doubled in the first six months of 2019. In response, you might point out to those electric car advocates that doubling from 670 to 1277 still leaves electric cars as not… Read More
Do smart meters save you money?
It’s been a few years since all households and small businesses in Victoria had a smart meter installed, as part of a major upgrade of Victoria’s electricity infrastructure. The rollout of smart meters is still taking place in other parts of Australia and across the world, for example, most UK householders will have a smart… Read More
Win Free Energy For A Year
To celebrate the announcement of GloBird Energy’s new Price Guarantee, we’re giving away a year of free energy to one lucky customer … so read on! Thanks for telling us what you want You might not be surprised to know that people generally don’t hold back offering their comments and suggestions, and that’s fine with… Read More
GloBird’s Top 10 Winter Energy-Saving Tips
We recommend being smart about how much electricity you use around the house all year round. After all, there’s no point wasting it and paying for power you didn’t even need or use. You might be surprised how every little bit adds up over the course of a year. Here in Victoria, heating your home… Read More
Could a demand tariff reduce your electricity bill?
Demand tariffs have been in place for large businesses for a long time and became available to Victorian residential and small business customers in 2017. As far as GloBird Energy is concerned, demand tariffs are an interesting concept. Because they reflect to cost of infrastructure and have the potential to make those who use it… Read More
Have you ever thought about how solar energy impacts on the grid?
Have you ever thought about how Australians’ world-leading penetration of rooftop solar impacts on the existing distribution infrastructure, that we generally call ‘the grid’? We have. We think about it a lot. This week, we’ve written down some of our thoughts … Imagine a big balloon filled with water. The balloon has two pipes; an… Read More