• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
One Step Off The Grid

One Step Off The Grid

Solar, storage and distributed energy news

  • Solar
  • Battery/Storage
  • Off-Grid
  • Efficiency
  • Software
  • Podcasts
  • Tariffs
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Electrification

Chris Cooper

Is this the world’s smartest energy services company?

November 4, 2015 by Chris Cooper 1 Comment

Click to play the Virtual Power Plant Game

Kraftwerke provide commercial energy customers with the opportunity to buy and sell their electricity, allowing them to benefit from the price fluctuations in the energy spot market.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar, Tariffs

A German energy crowd-funding start-up that aims to make community energy easy

October 29, 2015 by Chris Cooper Leave a Comment

Dr Peer Piske and CrowdEner.gy

CrowdEner.gy aims to make community energy easy. But recent government changes to the feed-in-tariff have made it a difficult market.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency

BürgerWerke – retailer linking citizen owned renewable projects with consumers

October 28, 2015 by Chris Cooper Leave a Comment

The Bürgerwerke team: “We are the Energy Transition”. Kai (left) and Felix (centre).

BürgerWerke is an innovative energy retailer start-up aiming to ‘close-the-loop’ on citizen energy in Germany. Chris Cooper pays them a visit in Heidelberg.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Solar

The Priest who broke the law (for solar), and the village that bought back the grid

October 28, 2015 by Chris Cooper Leave a Comment

Schönau. Village of 2500 inhabitants in the Black Forest. A beautiful remote alpine village that bought back its grid and has been leading the energy revolution.

Filed Under: Solar

What the Tesla Powerwall battery means for households

May 7, 2015 by Chris Cooper 48 Comments

So, what does Tesla's battery storage offering, the Powerwall, mean for consumers. We include a unique online calculator to help you find out. On average, however, solar only continues to offer best value. But the grid only option comes last.

So, what does Tesla’s battery storage offering, the Powerwall, mean for consumers. We include a unique online calculator to help you find out. On average, however, solar only continues to offer best value. But the grid only option comes last.

Filed Under: Solar

Primary Sidebar

Sign up for our weekly newsletter

Emissions Counter

Renew Economy

RSS Energy News from Renew Economy

  • “Birds avoid turbines:” Two new studies suggest wind farms are not “killing machines” after all
  • “100 pct renewable, 74 pct of the time:” How Australia’s most advanced grid plans to be an energy powerhouse
  • Fire at Perth recycling warehouse storing tonnes of tiny solid state batteries destroys $7 million of goods
  • Fortescue says ditching fossil fuels is a “no-brainer” and can be done quickly. Will others follow?
  • Thai developer sends new big battery project to EPBC as storage takes centre stage in old coal country

RSS Electric Vehicle News from The Driven

  • Key Toyota supplier commissions a 2 megawatt solar carport to slash electricity costs
  • Mazda’s third EV set to land in Australia starting from $53,990, special deal for first buyers
  • MG unveils multiple new EV models for 2026, including an electric ute
  • Subaru reveals pricing and specs for Trailseeker, its second EV in Australia
  • Almost 5,000 Hyundai electric vehicles recalled in Australia due to charging fire risk

Press Releases

  • Huge luxury Saudi resort goes 100pct renewables with one of world’s biggest batteries
  • How solar + storage can be a game-changer for people with disabilities

Footer

Technologies

  • Solar
  • Battery/Storage
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Software/Gadgets
  • Other Renewables
  • Policy
  • Tariffs
  • Contact
  • Advertise with us
  • About One Step Off The Grid
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2026 · OneStep Genesis on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in