Dear Australian politicians (of all persuasions), We’ve elected you to make decisions and formulate policy that’s in the best interests of all Australians. We’ve essentially entrusted you with our success and prosperity (and even health and happiness), individually and collectively. In terms of the energy industry, you’ve failed us. The evidence? “Patients were… Read More
8 Energy Monitor Sense apps for iPhone and Android
In our last post, looking forward to things we expect to happen in 2018, we suggested that technology will play a greater role in energy management, particularly on a personal level. So we thought we’d take a quick look at some of the energy monitoring apps that are already out there and that might be… Read More
10 Key Energy Trends in 2018 | GloBird Energy
In our last post, we looked back at some of the things that had a major impact on the Australian energy market in 2017. This time, we’re looking forward. We think we have a reasonable idea about some of the things we can expect to see in 2018 … but for others, we’ve had to… Read More
Why Australia’s Energy Market Made News | GloBird Energy
As far as the Australian energy market is concerned, last year was more tumultuous than anyone could have predicted. No-one – from governments to consumers, and from regulatory bodies to retailers – could have been happy with some of the things that transpired. It was certainly less than ideal that the topics of energy supply… Read More
Electricity Prices Are Rising | GloBird Energy
Not all that long ago, the supply of electricity to Australian households and businesses was something we all just took for granted, and rarely discussed. However, over the past few years the sourcing, generation, supply, security, sustainability, impact on the environment and – above all – cost of electricity have become major issues. It’s so… Read More
The next breakthrough in solar energy is …
In our last post, Why the future of energy is more solar, we told you that there’s a lot of research going on all over the world as we look for ways to make more efficient use of the unlimited energy of solar radiation. Most of the solar cells in commercially available photovoltaic panels are… Read More