Australia has officially reached a massive milestone in our transition to a smarter, more resilient energy grid. Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, announced today that the Cheaper Home Batteries program has now seen 250,000 systems installed. This achievement comes less than 10 months after the program first launched on 1 July 2024, showing a massive appetite for energy independence among Aussie households. For a nation that already leads the world in rooftop solar ado...

DJI has once again pushed the boundaries of what solo creators can achieve with the launch of the DJI RS 5. This new lightweight commercial camera gimbal is designed to bring a fresh level of flexibility and control to videographers across Australia. By focusing on enhanced intelligent subject tracking and improved stability, the Ronin series continues to evolve for the modern filmmaker. Whether you are shooting a fast-paced event or a cinematic commercial, the RS 5 aims to be the ultimate compa...

Electric vehicle owners in Victoria have been greeted by a frustrating sight recently. Instead of a high-powered DC connector ready to top up their battery, they are finding severed stumps of rubber and copper. Evie Networks recently took to social media to highlight a string of attacks in the Dandenong area. The images shared by the charging provider show clean cuts through heavy-duty cables, rendered useless by thieves looking for a quick payday. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience for a f...

This week I took a trip from Wodonga to Adelaide, then up to Hornsdale, combining for more than a 2,000km round trip to visit the OG, Tesla’s Big Battery. It is hard to believe it has been nearly a decade since I covered this project, but here we are and I finally had the chance to go see it with my own eyes. What started as an ambitious bet has transformed into one of the most reliable and critical assets in Australia’s National Electricity Market. Since it was established (and I covered it...

If you’ve been driving around the suburbs lately, you might have noticed a few more homes installing home battery storage. It seems Australians have embraced home energy storage in a big way, with the Federal Government revealing today that their “Cheaper Homes Batteries” policy has been a smash hit. Since the program kicked off on 1 July earlier this year, the uptake has been nothing short of phenomenal. In just under six months, thousands of Aussies have taken advantage of the rebates to...

As energy prices continue to fluctuate and severe weather events become more frequent, the argument for home battery storage has never been stronger. This shift has been accelerated by the Federal Government’s ‘Cheaper Home Batteries Program‘, which launched in July 2025. By extending the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) to cover storage, the program effectively cuts the upfront cost of a battery by around 30%. The scheme has been incredibly popular, driving a record-breaking sur...

Australia’s renewable energy transition has just hit another major milestone with TagEnergy announcing the start of construction on a massive battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria. The new facility will be located at the Golden Plains Wind Farm promises to bring significant reliability and flexibility to the state’s power grid. This project is a serious piece of infrastructure, featuring a 150MW capacity with 600MWh of storage. For those following the technical specs, that represe...

One of the biggest mental hurdles for potential Electric Vehicle owners to overcome is the charging time. While charging infrastructure continues to improve, battery technology continues to improve, we would all like fast-charging times to be reduced. As you recharge an EV, the speed will taper off dramatically as the state of charge increases to protect the battery. It’s not uncommon to see the promised 30-minute top-ups often stretch out to 40 or 45 minutes. This is often due to the manufact...