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Queensland's Solar for Renters trial is helping households access solar savings
September 27, 2022
Rooftop solar is the cheapest source of electricity available, but for many households, including those that rent and live in social housing, there are barriers to accessing this bill-slashing technology.
Read More ShareHow one regional Queensland town is reshaping Australia’s clean energy future
September 09, 2022
How can one town in regional Queensland change Australia’s clean energy future? For the last few years Solar Citizens has been working in Townsville—Queensland’s largest regional city—to demonstrate how embracing clean energy can slash...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Survey: Clean Technology is the Solution to Lower Bills
August 25, 2022
2022 has been a big year with an energy crisis, petrol crisis and cost of living crisis unfolding and putting growing pressure on households and businesses. We checked in with our community in our...
Read More ShareCars That Run on Sunshine: Deborah's Electric Vehicle Future
August 23, 2022
On Friday August 19th, Solar Citizens National Director Heidi Lee Douglas accompanied Debi Thornton, where they delivered our petition and her Change.org petition calling for Fuel Efficiency Standards to Energy Minister Chris Bowen's office.
Read More ShareClean Technology is Creating Jobs in Townsville
August 15, 2022
Townsville is perfectly placed to become a low-emissions economic powerhouse and produce energy, minerals and materials to power the world’s transition to a cleaner future.
Read More Share‘Really cheap’: Electric Vehicles now up to 93 per cent cheaper to run than petrol car
August 15, 2022
First published in The New Daily, 12 August 2022. Australian motorists can access incredible savings by switching to electric vehicles, but there’s still some huge hurdles standing between households and lower fuel bills, new...
Read More ShareWhat’s driving Queensland's energy crisis and what can governments do about it?
July 19, 2022
Electricity price hikes and the threat of blackouts have been consistently making media headlines – but understandably many consumers have no idea what’s gone wrong. There’s a lot to unpack about what’s happening in...
Read More ShareThe Clean Energy Election
June 02, 2022
In the lead up to the 2022 Federal Election, thousands of solar citizens across the country took action, calling on all sides of politics to back more ambitious renewable energy and clean transport policies....
Read More ShareFederal Election 2022 Policy Asks
April 27, 2022
Across our sunburnt country, a growing number of solar and wind farms are pumping out clean and affordable energy. Australia’s three million solar homes and businesses now make up the country’s largest power station,...
Read More ShareSolar Homes to Bear Brunt of Energy Policy Failings
August 24, 2021
I was furious when I read the headlines that the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is going to let homes with solar panels be charged for feeding excess energy into the grid.
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