Indigenous Daly River community is running on solar
The Indigenous Daly River Community is running on solar! The remote community south of Darwin, is now officially running on solar only during the day, after the installation of 1MW…
$5.76 million University solar and battery project cuts campus grid supply by 40 per cent
SA energy minister Tom Koutsantonis says the Weatherill government is contributing $780,000 from its Renewable Technology Fund to the $5.76 million solar and battery project, which would combine to cut…
Tesla battery plus solar is now “significantly cheaper” than grid power
The results are in, Tesla battery plus solar is now “significantly cheaper” than grid power. In November 2016, our analysis shows that a Tesla Powerwall installation and a 5kW rooftop…
Virtual power plant in Australia cuts household power costs by 60%
It’s been a big week for so-called virtual power plant in Australia, with the announcement that Tesla and the South Australia government will build a “world’s largest” 250MW VPP in…
New-build homes with solar and storage?
New-build homes with solar and storage? “It’s going to be the norm” European dishwasher – tick. Reverse cycle air-con – tick. Self-cleaning oven – tick. A ludicrous amount of down-lights…
Battery storage an economically attractive proposition to households
Some of the reasons that battery storage is an economically attractive proposition to households are: Big family, big energy use, a big PV array, a big difference between the grid…
Canberra switches on its own Big Battery – 1MW of household variety demand response
One day before summer officially hits, and before the formal switching-on of the world’s largest lithium-ion array by Tesla in South Australia, Canberra has quietly flicked the switch on its…
Australia has massive untapped potential for energy storage.
A new report commissioned by Australia’s chief scientist Alan Finkel has confirmed what many of the word’s biggest battery storage manufacturers already know, Australia has massive untapped potential for energy…
SA Libs promise $100 million home battery subsidy scheme
South Australia’s Liberal opposition party has laid its energy policy cards on the table ahead of the up-coming state poll, including the promise to create a $100 million home battery…
Battery storage: How it could solve our energy problems?
Battery storage: How it could solve our energy problems? Well if chief scientist Alan Finkel gets his way, battery energy storage will be central to Australia's energy future. The move…