It almost feels like an understatement to refer to what’s happening in the UK as an energy crisis. At the end of the last northern winter, National Energy Action (NEA) estimated that the number of UK households in fuel poverty had increased from 4.5 million to 6.5 million in the preceding six months. Things have… Read More
Would you like to do something about the energy equation?
Shift Your Energy Usage to Save Money and Support the Grid For most energy consumers, the energy equation is pretty simple: using less electricity and gas equals lower electricity and gas bills. But what if it wasn’t quite that simple? Would you be prepared to make some adjustments to your own ‘equation’ and make a… Read More
Free, unlimited energy just needs to be tapped
How much does it cost to generate energy? Of course, that depends on what generation method you’re using. It can be a little or it can be a lot. ‘Mass producing’ enough energy to power large population centres is more of a challenge and generally makes it more expensive, because you’re working to generate a… Read More
Don’t risk it: how not to get phished
Australians lost around $2 billion to scammers last year, despite governments, banks, and other businesses getting better and better at spotting and stopping scam activity. The best defence against scammers is your constant vigilance. It’s far better to be on alert and double-check than get caught out by assuming something is above board. GloBird Energy… Read More
How did Australia come to run low on gas
Are we running out of gas? If so, how has that happened? If not, why are gas prices going up? How does demand for electricity impact gas supply? Is an increase in energy from renewable sources going to alleviate the problem? It’s fair to say that people have a lot of questions about energy supply… Read More
What AEMO does and why you should know
You probably heard about the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) suspending trading on the wholesale electricity market a couple of weeks ago. It was an unprecedented step AEMO says was forced by a surge in the wholesale price of electricity, which resulted in it capping the price at $300 per megawatt-hour which, in turn, saw… Read More