One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
A ban on door-knockers pushing energy saving products and appliances has come into effect, as part of a crackdown on “nuisance marketing” and dodgy energy sales tactics.
Solar Victoria says it has received 438 applications from owners’ corporations in first round of rebate, seeking to install 12,000kW to power more than 5,000 apartments.
Nectr is offering a “never before seen” feed-in tariff of 50c/kWh solar sent to the grid between 4pm and 9pm, but only as part of its new virtual power plant.
Australia’s largest off-grid chicken farm – and one of biggest off-grid farms of any kind – is being powered completely by on-site solar and battery storage.
A man will face court after being charged with providing false or misleading information to access certificates in the federal rooftop solar rebate.
Regulator calls for industry feedback after proposing to leave the Clean Energy Council in charge of which products can participate in the rooftop solar scheme.
Greenbot, an online trading platform for certificates generated through the federal government’s rooftop solar rebate, wins a stay of suspension.
Rooftop solar market hits a mid-year slump, with a sharp decline in monthly installations taking the shine off the record numbers seen in May.
Work starts on solar and battery based microgrid to help power one of the Victorian towns hardest hit by the 2019-2020 Black Summer of bushfires.
Two-year trial underscores “huge potential” for virtual power plants to solve some of the grid’s thorniest problems, as long as they can reward customers, too.
