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- Reducing Your Electricity Bill - 10 top tips Mon, 30 Oct 17, 4:06amElectricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.
- Cheap Electricity and Energy Efficiency Mon, 28 Sep 09, 5:59amHow to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.
- Solar Power - the facts about setting up Solar Power Mon, 10 Sep 12, 10:21amSolar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.
- Windows and saving on heating and cooling costs Wed, 25 Nov 09, 5:52amWindows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.
- What is Passive Solar? Wed, 31 May 17, 6:38amPassive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.
- Pro-gas group with link to Liberal party referred to ACCC over alleged misleading claims 22 hours agoIntegrity organisation claims Australians for Natural Gas overstates role of gas in economy and failed to disclose directors’ links to industry on website
- Why Australia’s most prominent climate change deniers have stopped talking about the climate one day agoGlobal warming sceptics now argue it is more palatable with the electorate to pivot from climate denialism to anti-renewable energy scepticism
- Critical minerals, nuclear power and the ‘weaponisation’ of energy supplies were discussed at international conference
- Energy secretary says countries must work together during conference at which US delegate called net zero ‘dangerous’
- The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisis
- Is it still worth getting a home battery in Australia if I can’t install solar panels on my roof? 2 days agoSome households aren’t suited to solar – but do batteries make environmental or financial sense on their own?
- Atomfall might have been an apocalyptic classic if it wasn’t for all the walking | Dominik Diamond Fri, 25 Apr 25, 7:00pmThe Lake District after the 1957 Windscale nuclear disaster is a great setting for a game – and gorgeously rendered. That doesn’t mean I want to endlessly keep traversing it
- Public affairs firms in Europe enable pollution by lobbying for big oil, says analysis Fri, 25 Apr 25, 2:00pmExclusive: EU Transparency Register shows law firms also among lobbyists working for fossil fuel companies
- Drax needs a better policeman Fri, 25 Apr 25, 2:01pmPublic confidence in the UK biomass industry is low – robust checks are needed to ensure every wood pellet its power plant burns is sustainable
- Weatherwatch: sage advice 50-odd years ago on UK nuclear power still relevant Fri, 25 Apr 25, 3:00pmMinisters might care to heed conclusions of 1976 Flowers report before they go ahead with latest energy policy plans
- MPs question value of billions in subsidies granted to Drax power plant Fri, 25 Apr 25, 9:01amSpending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid ongoing sustainability concerns
- UK going ‘all out’ to to be a clean energy superpower, says Keir Starmer – video Fri, 25 Apr 25, 7:56amUK prime minister tells energy summit his government is determined to transition energy system from fossil fuels to renewables
- US interior agency to fast track fossil fuel and mining permits over ‘fake emergency’ Thu, 24 Apr 25, 11:45pmDepartment cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 days
- Britain will accelerate push to net zero, Starmer tells energy summit Fri, 25 Apr 25, 4:22amSpeech made clear prime minister sees renewable energy as core to UK’s future prosperity and national security
- US interior agency to fast track permits for fossil fuel and mining projects Thu, 24 Apr 25, 11:45pmDepartment cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 days
- Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...
- Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.
- Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices