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...

The cost of electricity in Australia has a big topic of conversation for families. We’ve watched our bills grow as the grid embarks on one of the largest transitions we’ve ever seen. Today, Tesla Energy announced a new $1,500 battery rebate for their home storage battery, Powerwall 3. This helps households reduce the cost of the battery and further improves the return on investment calculation. The terms and conditions of the new rebate from Tesla are as follows. To be eligible, you need to...

It’s easy to get caught up in the big announcements from international tech giants, focusing on the moonshot projects and billion-dollar investments in sustainability. We talk about vast solar farms, orbital data collection, and next-generation battery breakthroughs as the key to a greener future. However, the real laboratory for practical, adoptable, and effective green technology often lies much closer to home, right within our local communities. This is exactly why an event like the Sustain...

For years now, we’ve been talking about the enormous potential of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology, for many, its the logical next step in home energy and electric vehicle ownership. This has the potential to turn your EV into a giant battery on wheels that can power your home and even earn you money. The promise is massive, but the uptake in Australia has been hampered by one major roadblock: the dreaded warranty void. Today, that barrier is finally starting to crumble, thanks to an exciting...

It’s official, the barrier to mass adoption of home batteries in Australia was never about the technology, it was always about the price. The federal government’s new ‘Cheaper Home Batteries Program’ kicked off on July 1st this year. In less than four months, it has already helped fund more than 100,000 new battery installations across the country. That figure is staggering. To put it in perspective, it took years for Australia to reach the 185,000 total batteries installed by the end of...