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We started GloBird Energy with three fairly basic aims:   1. to offer more affordable deals than most that were already out there in the market; 2. to simplify the entire process of dealing with an energy retailer; and 3. to put together a locally-based customer service team that understands what Victorians need and what… Read More

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

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

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

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

In our previous blog posts, Everything you need to know about solar energy and How rooftop solar works – your questions answered, we noted that about one in six Australian homes had rooftop solar panels, the highest penetration in the world. We also pointed to the mind-blowing fact that if we were able to harness all… Read More