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Western Power launches 5MW microgrid project for Kalbarri

November 30, 2016 by Jonathan Gifford Leave a Comment

WA holiday town of Kalbarri set to trial $10m microgrid integrating distributed solar, 1.7MW wind farm, and 2MWh battery system.

Filed Under: Other Renewables

W.A. plans Australia's biggest solar+storage micro-grid in Onslow

October 5, 2016 by Jonathan Gifford Leave a Comment

Solar and storage micro-grid will lead to town of Onslow sourcing 70 per cent of its electricity from renewables, improve reliability, reduce costs and state subsidies.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

UTS to purchase “chilled energy” from offsite plant

October 5, 2016 by Jonathan Gifford Leave a Comment

UTS

UTS will cool a number of its buildings at its city campus by piping chilled air in from a nearby district cooling system.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency

ABC news legend dumps diesel as he turns to solar + storage

July 28, 2015 by Jonathan Gifford 2 Comments

Former ABC presenter started off with diesel only in his off-grid home, but recently added solar and storage. And learned some big lessons.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

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