One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Two record-setting solar PV installations in Melbourne’s CBD – largest ever retrofitted to a Melbourne apartment block and the highest commercial system in Australia – represent “new frontier” in switch to solar.
NSW city of Dubbo claims to have “Australia’s first” fully electric mayoral vehicle, a Nissan Leaf that is charged daily by the mayor’s home solar system.
Solar with meaning: Brisbane City Council captures the spirit of the clean energy revolution, installing a 100kW solar array at a former coal-fired plant.
One Step Off The Grid bids adieu to 2015 after a very successful launch year, with big plans for 2016 as battery storage becomes a “thing”. Hope to see you then.
Microgrids will be a huge part of the world’s future energy landscape, so we take a look at two different versions of the technology paving the way in Australia.
A Bundaberg cane growing family is building a ground-mounted solar system that will take its 80 hectare farm completely off the Ergon grid.
In a state first, St Peters College in South Australia will install a geothermal energy system to provide cheaper, renewable heating and cooling for its indoor pool facility.
More Australian companies named as re-sellers of the Tesla Powerwall 7kWh residential battery, including energy efficiency company CSR Bradford.
First in a series of Australian network-led trials of Panasonic’s residential battery storage offering launched in Canberra at home of ActewAGL employee.
A Queensland shopping centre has installed a 636kW solar carpark, giving it the title of Australia’s largest – but not for long.
