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Don’t mention the VPP: New home battery offers switch focus to consumer control

November 28, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Gentailer launches suite of new home battery-based products to capture its share of the federal rebate boom. Just don’t mention “virtual power plants.”

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Electrification

Solar, battery and VPP participation “built in” to vanguard new housing development

November 26, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Image: Stockland

New residential development to include rooftop solar, batteries and virtual power plant participation as standard, as two companies team up to deliver sustainable housing.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar

“Risk of fire:” Australia’s top-selling home battery brand issues energy controller recall

November 21, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Image Credit: Sigenergy

The darling of Australia’s federal rebate-boosted home battery boom has issued a product recall following limited reports of overheating AC plugs.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage

Regulator says “same name, different price” electricity bill trap is ripping off consumers

November 19, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

A community-led initiative is being touted to significantly cut power bills in Melbourne. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Regulator says hundreds of thousands of customers are on more expensive versions of retail electricity plans that offer a cheaper alternative under the same name.

Filed Under: Featured, News

Battery tsunami slows to a mere flood as installers struggle to keep pace with demand

November 7, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Image: Solar Edge

Is this the first indicator of a plateau? Latest data shows Australia’s booming home battery market being tempered by industry constraints.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Featured

Tindo makes $1,000 bet that its Australian made panels can “stand the test of time”

November 6, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer adds an extra later of warranty to its premium PV products, offering cash to customers claiming module replacement. 

Filed Under: Solar

“A tsunami of batteries:” How the rebate has flipped the market – and pushed it to its limits

October 30, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

The federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries rebate has been an enormous success, but it has also pushed industry to “capacity” and changed the fabric of the market.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Featured

Organic vineyard with hatted restaurant goes off-grid with solar and batteries

October 27, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Lowe Wines solar NSW vineyard
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Lowe Wines solar NSW vineyard

NSW wine maker with a hatted restaurant switches on solar and battery system that will power all its operations and deliver around $85,000 a year in electricity savings.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Solar

Smarter, better, cheaper: Brisbane battery maker unveils next-gen home storage system

October 24, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Australian energy storage manufacturer unveils new all-in-one home battery system that is smaller, smarter and higher capacity – and cost-competitive with top-selling overseas brands.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Featured

Solar Insiders Podcast: The community that built its own renewable grid

October 17, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Solar Insiders thumbnail pylon & fronius

Kait Williamson from Flow Power on how one Victorian town built its own green power solution from the ground up.

Filed Under: Podcasts

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