People who have extra funds, suitable homes and a desire to be self-sufficient may consider disconnecting from the grid.
- Professor and Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University
Home batteries and rooftop solar have become enormously popular. But while powerful, these technologies won’t let us get rid of the grid.
Ideally, Australia’s emerging green grid would have plenty of solar, storage and wind. But rising costs are stalling many wind projects.
Both Labor and the Coalition say their energy policies are the best way to bring household power costs down – but which side is right?
Energy is one of the sharpest political divides in Australia’s federal election. But different generations prefer quite different ways to produce electricity.
Power regulators want to ensure reliable electricity supply, but there’s more to customer service than that in the age of smart appliances, solar panels and EVs.
When electricity prices become highly variable, the value of firms that use electricity heavily seems to fall 5%.
Australia’s main grid has 40,000 km of transmission lines. Building another 10,000 km quickly is proving hard.
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