Communities
Australia’s current bushfire crisis has underscored the urgent need to decentralise our electricity grid. Building up networks of household solar batteries is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to get this done.
Communities
A 70kW solar 54kWh battery storage system installed on a Melbourne apartment block will use Allume Energy technology to share cheap clean power between 52 low-income tenants.
Communities
The NSW home to Australia’s biggest steelworks, Wollongong, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, with a view to reducing that timeline to 2030.
Households
Rooftop solar has unveiled voltage issues in the grid, but is not necessarily the cause. A new study shows how it can help address these voltage issues.
Households
Solar Victoria has released an expansive data set explaining the detail of which companies got what in the Labor state government’s sometimes controversial rooftop solar rebate scheme. Here’s what it tells us.
Households
GreenSync strikes deal for solar trading platform for customers of US battery and micro-inverter maker Enphase Energy.
Households
Rooftop solar delivers record low Q3 minimum demand in W.A. after accounting for 45% of overall supply on one day, and also helps send prices negative.
Households
Mirvac says owners of its solar and storage “as standard” townhouses may never pay another electricity bill again, as the property developer begins roll-out of $20,000 PV and battery systems at no extra cost as part of CEFC-backed initiative.
Households
Australia is leading the world on distributed solar uptake, from one end of the grid to the other according to global solar inverter giant SolarEdge, and it will be no different for home battery storage.
Communities
City of Sydney strikes deal to purchase all its power from wind and solar projects, becoming latest but also the biggest council to go 100% renewables.
Private school in Bundaberg to install just under 1MW of solar power and 1160kWh of Tesla battery storage capacity to slash costs, underpin future expansion.
German solar panel maker launches extended warranty for PV modules, guaranteeing performance and covering all faults and labour over 25 years.
Remote coastal community of Denham may become host to one of Australia’s first hydrogen storage projects, as Horizon Power overhauls its electricity system.
A surprising and record surge in small scale rooftop solar installations in December take total capacity in Australia to more than 10GW.
