24 March 2025 | Clean energy, Sustainable homes
How can your solar panels be remotely turned off? In last month’s clean energy article, I explored the impact a nuclear energy industry would have on homeowners’ rooftop solar. This month I follow on with an explanation of exactly what the mechanism would...
4 March 2025 | Clean energy
What would nuclear policy mean for your solar panels? What would nuclear policy mean for your solar panels? Have you considered what the introduction of nuclear energy would mean for your solar panels? You have, no doubt, installed solar or are considering doing so,...
4 March 2025 | Clean energy
Electrifying my home with Goodbye Gas It’s been an interesting journey to make my 25-year-old home more sustainable. Originally, I installed a 1 kW solar system, and solar boost for my original gas hot water system. I added a thermal assessment of my home, draught...
30 November 2024 | Clean energy
Batteries on wheels, when cities become power plants A key question for those who have solar panels installed is how to make the best use of the power they generate. The typical household uses most power later in the day, when the sun is lower (or set), and less (or...
24 October 2024 | Clean energy, Climate change, Transport
Sustainability – the new buzz word in the UK and Europe In July, August and September, my husband Paul and I travelled extensively in the UK and Europe. We were amazed and pleased with the emphasis on climate change action everywhere we went. We could not look...
4 August 2024 | Clean energy
Nuclear energy – taboo no more? Environmental activists have long opposed the introduction of nuclear energy to Australia. With the planned shutdown of coal-fired power stations possibly by 2034, what are the options for generating power, and should nuclear...
