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NSW has rebates for solar batteries – Feds can do the same for the rest of us
November 07, 2024
New South Wales citizens can now save up to $2400 on a new battery with the state government’s Peak Demand Reduction Scheme, and buildings without solar access can install behind the meter batteries that can...
Read More ShareEVs for everyone drive day
November 05, 2024
EVs for Everyone is a free, family event taking place in western Sydney, NSW on Sunday 17 November 2024. There is something for everyone! Test drive an EV on Australia’s premier driving circuit – the Sydney...
Read More SharePowering up our Energy Champions on the Sunshine Coast
September 13, 2024
On Sunday 25 August, Solar Citizens hosted a climate champions’ workshop in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. Solar Citizens wanted to bring people together to share their stories and to support each other on...
Read More ShareSmart Energy Queensland: A race to the top on solar
September 04, 2024
Thought leaders, experts, tech folks, environment and climate organisations, government representatives and more gathered in Brisbane on 27 August for the Smart Energy Qld Conference. There was a buzz in the room as the discussion...
Read More ShareSolar doesn’t need a toxic 'friendship' with nuclear power
July 29, 2024
Opinion Piece by CEO Heidi Lee Douglas. First published in RenewEconomy.Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been in regional Queensland this week promoting his nuclear plan, which claims nuclear and solar both have a future...
Read More ShareHere’s how to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition
July 11, 2024
By Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures at University of Technology Sydney and Ruby Heard, PhD candidate in energy justice at The University of Melbourne. This article is republished from The Conversation under a...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Statement on the Voice to Parliament
August 22, 2023
Solar Citizens supports a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament Referendum.
Read More ShareCommunity Batteries: An Inside Look into Battery Trials
May 05, 2023
For the last few years I have been a member of the Ausgrid NIAC – the Network Innovation Advisory Committee – on behalf of Solar Citizens. This involves attending a couple of meetings a...
Read More ShareLaunching the Electric Ute Roadshow
March 24, 2023
While the cities are starting to speed ahead with the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), regional Australians are paying the price at the petrol pump and missing out on affordable EVs. The petrol car...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Supports Voice, Treaty, Truth
March 21, 2023
At its heart, Solar Citizens’ mission is to reduce carbon pollution and build a fairer energy system for all Australians. At the core of those goals are the values of protecting this land’s precious...
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