Tesla and LG Chem are leading the battery storage market in terms of brand recognition, but the issue of quality throws up some other names.
ZEN Energy says business demand for power at "about one-fifth" the cost of the grid driving commercial solar boom.
WA's biggest piggery operator to add wind and storage to existing solar arrays in push to 100 per cent renewable energy supply.
Digital mortgage broker claims a homeowner with $600,000 mortgage who added $16,544 to install solar and battery storage would be more than $1800 better off a year.
As Australian households flock to solar, interest in battery storage is starting to ramp up, as a way to minimise grid electricity consumption and to provide a reliable source of back-up power.
An Australian-first project in Melbourne is trialling a new method for installing solar panels that allows what would otherwise be unused land to become home to a solar farm.
New-build Qld suburb offers houses with solar + Tesla Powerwall 2 included – enough to make them energy self-sufficient from “dawn to dusk.”
Italian startup's $15,000 all-in-one modular solution can supply 16kWh solar power a day, plus 24,000 liters of filtered, sterilised drinking water – enough to provide for a remote village of about 300 people.
Responding to climate change, networks of decision-makers, such as the C40 collective of major cities, have begun adopting strategies to promote the uptake of renewable energy. Yet land use planning has seemingly begun to lag behind.
Australian energy storage industry registers thousands of protests against Standards Australia's proposed home battery ban. Industry body says if draft adopted, the energy storage industry in Australia and globally will be "thrown into chaos.”
John Kobylec believed that installation of a solar system at his Bruny Island retirement home would be prohibitively expensive, but is now a now total convert.
St Lucia’s 180,000 residents and tourism-driven economy depend heavily on reliable electricity. Over the past year action has started to shift the island from almost 100% imported fossil fuelled power, to a mix of local renewables.
Tasmania's Bruny Island sees the benefits as 11 of 35 solar-powered battery systems installed in private homes start contributing to the local electricity grid.
Research suggests some "smart" devices can wind up increasing household energy usage, rather than cutting it.
Daly River Nauiyu community set to be first in NT powered by solar and storage, after installation of a 2MWh lithium-ion battery system.
Euro Solar forced to surrender STCs or replace PV modules after being found to have installed non-compliant solar panels, as part of a Clean Energy Regulator crackdown on Australia's rooftop solar industry.

