Written by Ainsley Kelso, Solar Citizens intern. It's no secret that vested interests and the big end of town like to throw renewables under the bus by spreading misinformation. The following five myths were...

According to CSIRO and Energy Networks Australia, up to 45% of the country’s future energy generation will be local and customer-owned. Right across the country we’re transitioning to a more distributed energy system, and...

Written by Solar Citizens volunteer Peter Youll.  You may have been hearing reports that solar PV installations are causing dangerously high voltages in the distribution network, particularly in the middle of the day when...

Written by Pauline Tan, Solar Citizens intern. We have been harnessing the sun’s energy to power our homes for over 50 years. Not only revolutionising the energy sector, but with innovative thinking, we are...

Written by Hyacinthe Uwizera, Solar Citizens intern. I find it disappointing that the Federal Government is dragging its feet when it comes to repowering Australia with clean, cheap renewable power, especially considering recent survey results...

Written by Solar Citizens volunteer Peter Youll. If you have a smart meter in NSW and are on a standard, flat electricity rate, it might be time to look at changing to time-of-use rates....

Written by Abby Bower, Solar Citizens intern. The storage revolution is here! And it’s coming to homes across Australia. Home battery storage is looking better than ever - in fact, nearly 21,000 Australian households installed a...

Written by Pauline Tan, Solar Citizens volunteer. After the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) proposed to cut the benchmark solar feed-in tariff (FiT) in NSW from 11.9-15c/kWh to 7.5c/kWh, the Sydney Solar Citizens...

We’re excited to report that Solar Citizens has a new National Director! Joseph Scales has been appointed by the Solar Citizens board as our new National Director and will be starting with us at...

On March 17, South Australians will go to the polls. South Australia leads the world in renewable energy, but South Australians are still being ripped off by big power companies. That’s why the next...