South Australia’s blustery conditions this week had one positive: wind power provided more than half of the state’s power on Wednesday, according to the Clean Energy Council. Clean Energy Council Policy Director Russell Marsh said data from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) showed that 55 per cent of all the electricity used by South [...]
The SmartNowBrain is here – the Tonido Plug PC that plugs into your Energy Monitor
The SmartNowBrain is here… and we are very excited. The SmartNowBrain is a Linux low powered plug pc, running Tonido with our own SmartNow app…. but what makes the SmartNowBrain special is it is a 4 port version so that you can plug in your hard drives, use it as a NAS server but ALSO [...]
Australia is 10% Renewable!
So a new report landed on our desk here at SmartNow Towers this morning… this time from the Clean Energy Council. Renewable energy provided almost 10% of Australia’s electricity in the last 12 months, according to a report released overnight at the UN climate negotiations in Durban. The 2011 Clean Energy Australia report, produced by [...]
One’s Power Bills are Through the Roof
We’ve come across a feature in the UK’s Financial Times newspaper this week concerning the Queen and her struggle against high energy bills. We only wish Her Majesty had stopped by the SmartNow office on her recent trip to Australia for some advice! Never one to be left behind, the Queen’s five “occupied royal palaces” [...]
The 10 Channel Bridge is Here!
Fresh from a great couple of days at All-Energy 2011, we are delighted to announce that the wait for the multi channel version of the BridgeThe Current Cost bridge connects your EnviR display directly to your router and uploads your data to the Current Cost portal online. Visit our store to buy one now is [...]
Sunny Days for Solar Overseas
We’re seldom short of solar news from around Australia to bring you in these turbulent times for clean energy. Today, however, we’re bringing you solar news from elsewhere on this lovely planet of ours. First to the UK: construction has recently been completed on the UK’s largest solar power plant. Completed in an impressively tight [...]
Hacking the Current Cost EnviR Energy Monitor
We always keep our eye out for how our customers have used the Current Cost EnviR Energy Monitor… … here is a selection of some ‘hacks’ Battery Powered ENVI How to build a battery pack to power the ENVI (we do not recommend this, and doing this will void your warranty… but then we [...]
How much does it cost to… charge my laptop overnight
Here is our third video using the Current Cost EnviR Energy monitor to measure different appliances and see how much they cost us. We ask the question: “How much does it cost to charge my laptop if I leave it charging overnight?” Have you any idea? ALSO WATCH THE VIDEO TO GET A $10 COUPON [...]
Solar Power to Undercut Coal?
An interesting article here http://my.enewsplus.co.uk/cm/public/enews/index.php?enewsid=4&templateid=90&ticketid=PD4OJR2LIN&mm=3963 from the All Energy Team Australia’s reluctance to embrace solar power could well change dramatically over the next 20 years even without a carbon tax. Due to the massive leaps that China is making at the moment in production and the reduction in cost of solar panels, it might not [...]
Turbulent Times for Wind Power
Instead of bringing you news of yet another blow to the struggling solar industry, today we bring you news of a crackdown on another form of clean energy – wind. The Victorian Government is amending planning laws regarding wind farms, giving households the power to veto wind turbines within two kilometres of their homes. Turbines [...]
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