Solar and an Energy Renaissance battery system cuts Victorian dairy farm's grid electricity use by up to 95%, slashes its energy and fuel bills by $70,000 a year. After being destroyed by fire over Australia's devastating Black Summer, the Southern Ocean Lodge is being resurrected, complete with a hybrid renewable microgrid. A message to solar installers: if you're not including battery storage in your quotes to new customers, then you should be. At least that's what the data says. Extreme weather events put energy supplies at risk. Consumers can boost their resilience with everything from solar-powered torch to an EV. Construction has begun to install a solar and 215kWh battery energy storage-based microgrid on Tasmania's Maria Island. Rooftop solar systems are getting bigger, shifting the average system size from 6.6kW to north of 8kW for Australian households. What's behind the trend? Solar and an Energy Renaissance battery system cuts Victorian dairy farm's grid electricity use by up to 95%, slashes its energy and fuel bills by $70,000 a year. Rooftop solar market dips to a total of 219MW of PV panels installed on homes and businesses across the country, down from 226MW in June. Horizon Power’s plan to shift an entire town off the reticulated gas network made its start this week, with the first household transitioned to all-electric. After being destroyed by fire over Australia's devastating Black Summer, the Southern Ocean Lodge is being resurrected, complete with a hybrid renewable microgrid. Clean Energy Regulator announces small but important change to rules governing the installation of rooftop solar under the federal SRES rebate scheme. China-based PV giant JinkoSolar announces Australian launch of its modular lithium iron phosphate energy storage system called Suntank. A message to solar installers: if you're not including battery storage in your quotes to new customers, then you should be. At least that's what the data says. Tesla reveals total number of Powerwall home battery energy storage systems installed in Australia, to date – a six-fold increase on 2019 installs. Canberra-based solar installer fined and stripped of accreditation after being convicted of providing false or misleading documents to get solar rebate. New study finds the changing nature of household energy has potential to reproduce existing forms of inequality across gender, cultural groups and generations.
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