Tesla mobile app update allows Powerwall owners to monitor and manage their solar and battery storage “power flow”.
The addition of solar panels at 15 new buildings means Stanford’s Silicon Valley campus has added 4.5MW of renewable energy to its local grid.
VSUN looks to household market for vanadium redox flow batteries, and to a local manufacturing facility to help reduce prices.
The city of Lancaster is setting an example for a zero net energy future community. The question is: Why is this not the law of the land everywhere?
Australian developed solar technology that aims to tackle the dominance of diesel generators in the temporary power market will be tested at the 1MW scale in New South Wales, off the back of a new grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Gold Coast Council investigating proposal to install floating solar on city's wastewater ponds, to cut grid power costs and evaporation.
Some of Victoria’s key former gold and coal mining centres targeted by $1m fund to support development of community renewables, and solar and pumped hydro.
Whether in Kentucky or California, the United States of America is moving away from coal because solar, wind, and even natural gas are less expensive.
The 1,805MW of solar PV capacity on rooftops of Queensland homes and business now more than biggest power station by capacity in the state, overtaking the 1,780MW Gladstone coal plant.
The fossil fuel industry’s scare campaign over renewable energy has seen households and businesses flocking to install solar on their roofs.
The success of two unusual US microgrid projects is good news, but it's still not clear whether microgrids have leapt ‘the chasm’ – a pivotal step in a disruptive technology’s market evolution.
I have been off grid for over 30 years, starting with just one 40W panel made in Australia from American components. Now an age pensioner, I finally have all the appliances I only used to dream of - like an electric fridge, a washing machine, e-bikes and trikes, power tools.
The global digital revolution offers many benefits for the solar energy industry. Taking the inverter digital, is key to achieving all of these benefits.
Going off-grid is a big step. It requires careful consideration, good design and engaged users.
Smart storage is what needs to be the centre stage in our debate around energy security.
New Australia-wide standard gives networks power to limit size of household solar systems – and could push up prices for AC-coupled battery storage products from Tesla, Enphase, Selectronic and others.