Last year, we wrote a piece asking ‘Is it unrealistic to expect no blackouts’, in which we looked at some incidents that had happened overseas and asked what lessons there were for us. Now, we have another example of something quite serious happening abroad that we think Australian authorities, policy makers, and energy industry leaders… Read More
Spring clean, check your appliances and save money
Maximise Efficiency and Cut Costs with a Spring Appliance Clean Even though 2020 has been hard to keep track of, the calendar tells us we’ve just ticked over into September, which means spring is in the air. If you haven’t been one of those people filling your home isolation time by cleaning everything in sight,… Read More
How to save money by adjusting your hot water thermostat
If your hot water system is running at a higher temperature than it needs to be, then it’s costing you more money than it should. So, what do you need to know to get it right, and can you adjust it yourself, if need be? This recent article by ABC Brisbane’s Dannielle Maguire, How to… Read More
What Future Energy Infrastructure Will Look Like
What will our energy infrastructure look like in the future? There’s no question that our energy infrastructure is changing and will keep doing so for the foreseeable future. That’s from the generation end all the way through ‘delivery’ and management to the equipment we use as consumers. Just what the future looks like is the… Read More
Could Solar Owners Be Charged? | GloBird Energy
When the electricity grid was designed and built there was a large generation source at one end and consumers at the other. It started with heavy cables strong enough to handle the extreme electrical current coming from the generator and the web of wires and infrastructure got smaller with less current being distributed over thinner… Read More
Was Last Summer the New Normal in Energy? | GloBird Energy
As we deal with the ongoing challenges of a COVID-19 world, those of us living in areas that weren’t badly impacted by last summer’s devastating bushfires may have all but forgotten how bad things were for several months. But we’ve been having a look at the annual review of system operations in the National Electricity… Read More