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Our 2025-26 Annual Report
9 August 2026 By Amanda Deacon Inner West Community Energy’s 2025-26 annual report is now available for download here (file size: 11.2MB). Inside, you will find: - Reports from: -…
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Inner West Community Energy goes global!
17 June 2026 By Gavin Gilchrist When China Global TV wanted a case study of a Sydney resident who had recently installed a home battery, Inner West Community Energy pointed them…
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A short history of IWCE and hot water heat pumps
8 June 2026 By Peter Lawson During 2023, IWCE was hearing a groundswell of interest from people interested in installing hot water heat pumps (HWHP). Concurrently, the federal and…
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Milestone: 50 Hot Water Heat Pumps!
12 May 2026 By Peter Lawson and Gavin Gilchrist You may think hot water is a bit of a dull subject - but for those of us helping households cut power bills and carbon emissions,…
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Inner West Council’s climate strategy: Community consultation
10 May 2026 Inner West Council is updating its climate strategy, and is conducting a community consultation process. You can provide feedback via survey, email, phone, post, or…
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Our 500th solar system!
9 May 2026 We started with a vision nine years ago - to make it easier for residents across the Inner West to install solar, removing the hassle factor and trusting us to help…
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Solar and battery rebates: What’s actually changing on May 1st?
12 April 2026 In recent weeks, there has been much speculation and disinformation online concerning the status of rebates for solar and batteries. Here’s some clarification on…
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Our 100th home battery installed!
23 March 2026 Meet Leichhardt resident Marjan*, the happy owner of the 100th home battery we have facilitated in the Inner West. She’s the one here holding one of our fence signs,…
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End-of-year volunteer celebration
14 December 2025 It was back to Leichhardt Bowling Club on Thursday evening for the Inner West Community Energy management committee and our volunteers for our end of year…
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Our 2024/25 Annual Report is now available
7 December 2025 The team at Inner West Community Energy is happy to share that our Annual Report for the previous financial year (2024/25) is now available. Learn more about our…
Read more →Inner West Community Energy is a “total godsend” says Herald columnist (and IWCE member) Jenna Price!
Here’s Jenna’s column from the Sydney Morning Herald of Monday, December 1, 2025. By Jenna Price If you think the Liberals are struggling with a clean-energy future, meet me. I’m…
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Will the new “Solar Sharer” plan kill rooftop solar?
22 November 2025 With three free hours of electricity in the middle of the day being mandated from next July, is there any point in buying rooftop solar? We say, yes! A drone…
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Federal Labor member Jerome Laxale for household electrification
1 April 2025 Pictured, left to right: Solar householder Simon Reed, Inner West Community Energy committee member Amanda Deacon, Jerome Laxale, and Inner West Community Energy…
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