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One Step Off The Grid is a consumer guide to solar and battery storage for households, businesses, and communities. Welcome to the age of energy democracy!

 Sydney, New South Wales
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Joined July 2015
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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner25 Feb 2025
Solar soaking electric heat pump hot water can slash hundreds from home power bills onestepoffthegrid.com.au/sol… via @OneStepOffGrid

Solar soaking electric heat pump hot water can slash hundreds from home power bills - One Step Off...

UNSW study finds switching to electric heat pump hot water and using it as a solar soak can save Australian households hundreds of dollars a year.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner12 Feb 2025
“SunGiga” battery pitches to businesses going big on solar storage onestepoffthegrid.com.au/sun… via @OneStepOffGrid

"SunGiga" battery pitches to businesses going big on solar storage - One Step Off The Grid

SunGiga all-in-one energy storage system for commercial and industrial applications has been independently verified to meet Australian standards.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner7 Feb 2025
Rooftop solar installs off and running in 2025, with second best January ever onestepoffthegrid.com.au/roo… via @OneStepOffGrid

Rooftop solar installs off and running in 2025, with second best January ever - One Step Off The...

Despite the usual summer slump, the first month of installs for 2025 has delivered the second-best January on record, behind the bumper year of 2021.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner28 Jan 2025
Will the year of the Snake be the year of the domestic battery? onestepoffthegrid.com.au/wil… via @OneStepOffGrid

Will the year of the Snake be the year of the domestic battery? - One Step Off The Grid

Production is rising, there are several good home battery products on the market and competition between suppliers is growing. But cost is not the only factor.

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andrew gunner@alcgunn17 Jan 2025
Nothing new under the sun: A long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes onestepoffthegrid.com.au/not… via @OneStepOffGrid

Nothing new under the sun: A long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes - One Step...

A 1944 report recommended the Australian government should encourage the building of more climate-responsive and healthy homes. So, what happened?

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner20 Jan 2025
Get smart and get storage: Home batteries and other ways to put “sun tax” in the shade onestepoffthegrid.com.au/get… via @OneStepOffGrid

Get smart and get storage: Home batteries and other ways to put "sun tax" in the shade - One Step...

Experts share tips on how households can avoid paying a network "sun tax" and get more bang for their solar buck as feed-in tariffs bottom out.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner10 Dec 2024
New study shows building code reform is crucial to cutting power bills onestepoffthegrid.com.au/new… via @OneStepOffGrid

New study shows building code reform is crucial to cutting power bills - One Step Off The Grid

New study finds new-build homes more than twice as energy efficient as homes built in 2010, sparking calls for politicians not to water down building standards.

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Why incentives aren’t enough to drive #solar energy upgrades for rental homes onestepoffthegrid.com.au/why… via @OneStepOffGrid
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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner4 Dec 2024
Rooftop solar market down after 4 million milestone, but systems bigger than ever before onestepoffthegrid.com.au/roo… via @OneStepOffGrid

Rooftop solar market slumps after 4 million milestone, but systems bigger than ever before - One...

In the month Australia celebrated its four-millionth residential rooftop solar installation, the market appears to have celebrated by... well, taking a bit of a breather.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner1 Dec 2024
SwitchedOn Podcast: Health workers call for electrification of all public hospitals onestepoffthegrid.com.au/swi… via @OneStepOffGrid

SwitchedOn Podcast: Health workers call for electrification of all public hospitals - One Step Off...

Health care workers and medical groups are calling on the federal government to kick start what will be a marathon campaign to electrify Australia’s 700 odd public hospitals.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner19 Nov 2024
Solar battery surge expected for plugged-in households seeking to cut costs onestepoffthegrid.com.au/sol… via @OneStepOffGrid

Solar battery surge expected for plugged-in households seeking to cut costs - One Step Off The Grid

More households expected to investigate solar batteries as a way to save on the cost of power rather than the cost to the environment, major bank says.

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Rooftop solar: Australia celebrates “momentous” milestone as 4 million households tap cheapest power onestepoffthegrid.com.au/roo… via @OneStepOffGrid
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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner13 Nov 2024
Solar and battery microgrids slash diesel and dollars in six remote towns onestepoffthegrid.com.au/sol… via @OneStepOffGrid

Solar and battery microgrids slash diesel and dollars in six remote towns - One Step Off The Grid

A $15m large-scale solar and battery storage rollout across six regional Western Australia towns has been completed, with a final system installed at Norseman.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner12 Nov 2024
Practical paths to home electrification – quality of service matters too onestepoffthegrid.com.au/pra… via @OneStepOffGrid
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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner5 Nov 2024
No ban on gas cooktops yet, but new sweetener urges homes to ditch “last appliance” onestepoffthegrid.com.au/no-… via @OneStepOffGrid

No ban on gas cooktops yet, but new sweetener urges homes to ditch "last appliance" - One Step Off...

Victoria makes good on its promise to add electric induction stoves to energy upgrades incentive scheme, in new push to get gas entirely out of homes.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner26 Oct 2024
Trina Solar hits new high on solar cell efficiency – its 27th world record onestepoffthegrid.com.au/tri… via @OneStepOffGrid

Trina Solar hits new high on solar cell efficiency – its 27th world record - One Step Off The Grid

Chinese solar manufacturing giant sets its 27th world record for solar cell conversion efficiency or output power for its n-type bifacial i-TOPCon cell. 

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Sometimes Fed up -@somuchbullsh24 Oct 2024
The world-first, community-driven electrification blueprint for Australia’s energy future onestepoffthegrid.com.au/the… via @OneStepOffGrid

The world-first, community-driven electrification blueprint for Australia's energy future - One...

A two-year campaign led by the local community of the 2515 postcode has resulted in world-first pilot project.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner23 Oct 2024
The world-first, community-driven electrification blueprint for Australia’s energy future onestepoffthegrid.com.au/the… via @OneStepOffGrid

The world-first, community-driven electrification blueprint for Australia's energy future - One...

A two-year campaign led by the local community of the 2515 postcode has resulted in world-first pilot project.

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Renewables4U@Renewables_4U21 Oct 2024
AGL offers cheap finance to get batteries into homes – and homes into its VPP onestepoffthegrid.com.au/?p=… via @OneStepOffGrid

AGL offers cheap finance to get batteries into homes – and homes into its VPP - One Step Off The...

AGL Energy dangles a new carrot to entice customers to join its virtual power plant, which it hopes will reach 1.6GW of combined capacity by 2027.

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Peter Gardner@PeterDGardner16 Oct 2024
Homes that ditch gas for electric heating can recoup extra costs in as little as 10 weeks onestepoffthegrid.com.au/hou… via @OneStepOffGrid

Homes that ditch gas for electric heating can recoup extra costs in as little as 10 weeks - One...

Report finds switching to electric reverse cycle split system heating is either cheaper than reinstalling gas or pays back the difference in bill savings in as little as 10 weeks.

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