Articles
Explainers
Myths & Tips
Podcasts
Articles
View

Articles

Latest
SwitchedOn is Merging!
40 per cent of householders surveyed are unfamiliar with household 'electrification' or 'decarbonisation'
Many Australians not convinced renewables can replace fossil fuels
Solar tax - a kick in the guts for consumers and a step backwards for the grid
View all
Podcasts
View

Podcasts

Latest
Peter Bourke
How better infrastructure and quality e-bikes can help decarbonise transport
Bjorn Sturmberg
Why we need to expand our imaginations so we can have energy equity for everyone
Joshua Runciman
Why a $300 one-off energy bill rebate misses an opportunity for permanent bill relief
Tristan Edis
Why government should fund household batteries and not community batteries
View all
Explainers
View

Explainers

Latest
Sun tax: When it will hit, what it will cost and why solar export tariffs remain controversial
EV explainer: charging your electric vehicle with excess solar power
How Brody Kenrick made his house carbon negative and now displaces other people's use of fossil fuels as well as his own
Why Victoria’s ban on gas appliance rebates is a win for energy consumers
View all
Myth Busters
View

Myth Busters

Latest
MYTH BUSTING: Renewable gas
MYTH BUSTING: IEEFA debunks the basis of the Government's gas strategy
MYTH BUSTING: Big Auto’s Aussie dumping ground
TOP TIPS: Buying a heat pump
No items found.
Categories
Energy Efficiency
How I Electrified
Appliances
Getting Off Gas
Communities
Houses
Buildings
Transport
Industry
Governments
Categories
About Us
Energy Efficiency
How I Electrified
Appliances
Getting Off Gas
Communities
Houses
Buildings
Transport
Industry
Governments
Subscribe!

Search

Latest articles by

Sophie Vorrath

Industry
Many Australians not convinced renewables can replace fossil fuels
By
Sophie Vorrath
Houses
Home energy upgrade plan finally kicks off, with $60m of low cost loans for solar, batteries and electrification
By
Sophie Vorrath
Governments
Rebates for home batteries revealed, the day after a deal to keep a coal plant burning
By
Sophie Vorrath
Author
Sophie Vorrath
Editor, One Step Off the Grid
Biography

Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

‍All articles.

Featured
Podcast!
Houses
Sun tax: When it will hit, what it will cost and why solar export tariffs remain controversial

Sophie Vorrath unpicks the controversial decision to charge solar owners for putting energy back into the grid.

Featured
Podcast!
Governments
'Gas shortage? Yeah? Nah.' Federal Labor's gas strategy delivers for the gas industry, not householders

Climate and gas market experts show how future gas supply gaps can be eradicated, and energy bills reduced, by getting gas out of homes and businesses, not increasing gas supplies.

Featured
Podcast!
Governments
Revamp of Victoria's energy efficiency rebate to focus on home electrification and getting off gas

Victoria will ensure its Energy Upgrades scheme prioritises electrification as the best way to lower power prices.

Featured
Podcast!
Industry
Ban on solar 'nuisance marketing' extends to energy upgrade cold-calls and door-knocking

Energy retailers taking part in Victoria's Energy Upgrades scheme are now banned from unsolicited telemarketing.

Featured
Podcast!
Buildings
Buildings as batteries: how changing the time of day we use electricity could save billions

Energy security can be achieved with minimal intervention and investment, simply by changing the time of day electricity is used and harnessing the power of buildings as thermal batteries.

Featured
Podcast!
Governments
'Solar for all' - Biden tips $US7 billion into rooftop PV for low-income households

More than 4GW of rooftop solar will be rolled out across nearly 1 million low-income and disadvantaged households as part of a Biden administration program.

Featured
Podcast!
Getting Off Gas
Victoria bans gas companies from offering cash incentives or rebates to install new gas appliances

As the shift to all-electric gathers pace Victoria bans gas industry rebates and incentives for homes.

Featured
Podcast!
Appliances
Home battery rebate gets a major boost as demand for solar storage surges

Another $6 million is added to Queensland's Battery Booster rebate budget, which offers up to $4,000 off home energy storage.

Next

In the spirit of reconciliation, SwitchedOn acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

switchedon@reneweconomy.com.au
Follow us on socials
SwitchedOn
Home
About us
Contact us
Explore
Myths & Tips
Explainers
Articles
Podcasts
Categories
© 2023 Sliced Bread Social.