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SwitchedOn Australia Podcast








What you missed


Helping households generate and store their own power has more impact than short term power bill subsidies.


Electric car brands, renewable energy firms and environmental groups say Australia needs to introduce fuel standards laws swiftly, but some car brands want new laws brought in slowly.


Understanding how EV driving behaviour differs from owning and driving internal combustion vehicles will ensure we don't slow down the EV transition.


Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. But with 69 brands and 420 different models on the market, and no government-regulated energy star rating system, buying one can be confusing and fraught. Independent energy advisor and researcher, Tim Forcey, unpacks what you need to know.


Energy tech companies are envisioning homes of the future where we all generate our own power that is seamlessly bought and sold between householders and the grid.


People deserve transparency and timely information about how smart meters can work for them if everyone connected to the electricity grid has to have one by 2031.


Rewiring Australia are offering advocacy training and support to help local groups and communities electrify.


Focus group research shows many people don't trust private companies with vested profit interests when it comes to energy technology and electrification. But they trust other householders on the same energy transition journey.


$108 million extra funding follows the state government announcement that gas connections in new homes will be banned.