One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Report on W.A. trial using Power Ledger blockchain technology finds peer-to-peer solar energy trading technically feasible, good for grid and consumers – but unlikely to take off under current network tariff structures.
A fifth PowerBank battery installed by W.A. to help balance the state’s grid, allow more customers to install solar, and offer a “community” storage option to local solar homes.
A 970kWh battery added to existing 400kW solar array expected to take remote Northern Territory Indigenous community almost entirely off its diesel power supply.
New SonnenBatterie 10 home energy storage range unveiled in Germany, including a three-phase “islanding” solution that turns a home into a solar “power station” if the grid fails.
Global PV giant makes renewed push into large-scale PV market with launch of ultra-high power integrated solar modules with an output exceeding 500W.
A draft home Battery Performance Standard has been submitted to Standards Australia, after being put together over two years by an industry-wide consortium led by DNV GL.
Tesla teams with global catamaran racing championship, SailGP, to switch the fledgling sport’s diesel-fuelled mobile recharging stations to solar and battery storage.
Newly launched home battery systems of Australia-China joint venture added to Clean Energy Council’s list of approved lithium-based storage devices.
A new software platform that will allow consumers to choose the provenance of their renewable electricity supply, and help establish clean energy communities, is set to be rolled out in Australia.
Barwon Water led Renewable Organics Network project will use reclaimed organic waste to produce electricity, hot water and soil improver in Victoria’s south-west.
