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What winter means for your gas bill

Why Gas Bills Rise During Winter Depending on where you live, you may have already turned on your heating. Most of Victoria has experienced the first couple of days of winter chill for 2021. While we all know that winter is coming – as it does every year around now – it’s understandable that we’re... Read More

Free energy via your smartphone!

We’re always on the lookout for innovation in the energy space, so we had to investigate something we were hearing vague whispers about: getting free energy through your smartphone. We managed to track down the inventor behind this potential game-changer, Professor Nori Dea, who has been conducting his research and experimentation at the Fullerton Academy... Read More

What gives a home a high energy rating?

You might have noticed that home energy efficiency appears to be firmly on the agenda. Late last year, the Victorian Government announced a $112 million package to improve the energy efficiency of social housing. At the same time, among reforms aimed at improving the rights and conditions for renters are new minimum standards for the... Read More

Hydrogen Vehicles: What You Need to Know | GloBird Energy

Did you know that an Australian-made hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will be available next year? An auto-tech startup called H2X set up its factory at Port Kembla around six months ago and aims to be producing heavy vehicles, like tractors, within the next couple of months. The company’s plan is to roll out around 3700... Read More

Can we export the power of the sun?

Ideally, where would you locate one of the world’s largest renewable energy systems? If you thought of the Northern Territory, give yourself an elephant stamp! Not only is there plenty of space and consistent sunshine almost all year round, but the proximity to the massive population of South East Asia makes a very large project... Read More

Still work to be done to secure our energy future

Being a small energy retailer, we don’t have the influence we’d like. Instead, we sometimes have to sit on the sidelines and watch as things unfold. Most Aussies don’t spend much time thinking about the way the energy market operates. They just plug in a toaster and expect it to work. However, behind the scenes,... Read More