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Without getting into a debate about the technology, the energy sources, the timeline, or even the transition itself, we can acknowledge that the world is moving toward power systems based on renewable energy sources.  Of course, we have a focus on electricity and gas, our main domestic and commercial energy resources. Around the world, more... Read More

Increasing gas prices around the world have led Energy Users Association of Australia chief executive Andrew Richards to warn: “We are seeing storm clouds on the horizon”. Australian manufacturing and industry groups have called for Government intervention. Australian fertiliser giant Incitec Pivot has blamed high gas prices for its decision to shut down its 50-year-old... Read More

Australians have endured a number of severe weather events and bushfires over recent years. Last month’s single day of extreme winds and storms resulted in thousands of Victorian homes losing power. Many still haven’t been reconnected weeks later. That follows storms and flash flooding in June that saw some areas without power for weeks, impacting... Read More

What is green hydrogen … and a few other things you might like to know Green hydrogen is an energy carrier. But, unlike fossil fuels, it’s becoming cheaper, it will never run out, and we won’t cook the planet.’  That was what Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest said in an address to the National Press Club a... Read More

You might have heard Barnaby Joyce reference an energy crisis in the United Kingdom last week when warning Australians of the dangers of committing to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. With everything else going on in our world in these COVID times, unless you have relatives in the UK, you could be excused for not... Read More

We know every household is different and different people have different ways they like to do things, including their household budgeting. However, we also know the one thing that upsets people more than almost anything else is bill shock. Not getting a bill for months means energy users are kept in the dark, blissfully unaware... Read More