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Did you know that on December 5 “one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century” was achieved in a lab in California? After more than 60 years of sustained effort by scientists all over the world, for the first time, a nuclear fusion reactor produced more energy than was used to trigger... Read More

We’re very pleased to announce that GloBird Energy has successfully run a proof-of-concept test for a Virtual Power Plant (VPP). While we only tested the concept on a small scale, it gives us a solid starting point to go bigger and work toward a more sustainable, greener, more efficient, and cheaper energy system. Before we... Read More

Like every other Australian, we hoped that the new Government’s first budget might contain some good news in these times of rising cost of living pressures. Of course, our focus is specifically on the energy sector, and we can probably summarise it like this: more short-term pain and the promise of long-term gain. First, the... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, the Australian Government signed a Heads of Agreement with three major east coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters.  The announcement on the Department’s website was accompanied by a headline that stated: Australian Government secures gas supply. So, what has been agreed to and what does it really mean for Australian... Read More

 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