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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

6 simple steps to lower winter energy bills

Psychologists tell us that one of the hardest things we humans have to deal with is a sense of helplessness. The feeling that stuff is happening to us, we don’t like it, but it’s totally beyond our control. When we don’t think we can do anything to change our circumstances, let alone for the better,... Read More