Victorian government to fund series of “neighbourhood-scale” battery demonstration and pilot programs, to unlock the role shared storage can play on modern grid.
Rooftop solar installs head for more than 3.5GW in 2021 after record start to year
Australia’s rooftop solar market snaps back into gear after a well-earned slow-down in January, putting installs on track for another record-breaking year.
Goulburn community solar and battery project edges closer to construction
Community Energy 4 Goulburn calls for expressions of interest to design and build a community-owned 1.8MW solar farm with 400kW/800kWh battery.
Regulator issues formal recall notice for LG Energy home batteries
Voluntary recall formalised in Australia with ACCC notice warning of increased risk of fire in a number of LG Energy Solution home battery energy storage systems.
Energy giant GE chooses Australia to launch its first branded solar inverters
A range of GE-branded solar inverters have landed in Australia, going on sale Down Under before “any other country in the world,” and targeting the “high end” of the market.
Solar and battery storage to help power W.A. silver mine
Sliver and lead mine in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region signs PPA to source its electricity from a combination of solar, battery storage and gas.
Date set for new solar inverter standards, with tighter controls to follow
Australian Energy Market Commission names date new technical standards for inverters will come into play, signals more changes to come.
LG Energy Solution slashes RESU home battery costs in Australia
As the Tesla Powerwall 2 price goes up, LG Energy Solution Australia cuts the cost of its RESU home battery range delivering average savings of close to $A1000.
Strata rule changes pave way for more solar apartments
New South Wales parliament passes amendments to strata laws to make it “drastically easier” for apartments to install rooftop solar and other green technologies.
Zero-sum game: The rise of solar export limits, and what can be done about it
As rooftop solar continues to boom around Australia, an increasing number of households are coming up against strict limits to the amount of energy they are allowed to export to the grid, some of which cannot export their solar at all.