Solar Victoria says it will expand its home battery rebate scheme starting July to encourage the aggregation of distributed battery systems and pave the way for VPPs in the state.
Solar Victoria expands battery rebate scheme to pave way for VPPs
Power Ledger to deliver blockchain solar microgrids to 10 Perth apartment buildings
Connected Communities deal to start with 62-apartment complex in Inglewood, made 100% renewable through embedded network of solar and storage.
Rooftop solar continues to weather Covid-19 storm, at “very healthy levels”
Australia’s rooftop solar market maintains “very healthy levels” of growth despite the uncertain start to 2020, with just the usual Easter lull over the past fortnight.
Thousands pile in to S.A. home battery scheme before subsidy winds back
More than 5,000 solar households apply for battery storage subsidy in just five weeks, in a last-minute rush to access a $6000 discount via state government home battery scheme.
Australians installed 22,661 home battery systems in 2019
Australian households invested in almost two-and-a-half “Big Batteries” worth of home energy storage in 2019, installing 22,661 systems over the course of the year with a total capacity of 233MWh, and taking further control over their energy supply.
Townsville office building, and Adani Carmichael coal mine HQ, goes solar
Sentinel Property Group installs 100kW solar system at its River Quays building in Townsville – an office complex whose tenants include Indian mining giant Adani Resources.
How your household battery can keep the grid stable and prices down
Tesla data shows how household batteries orchestrated through “virtual power plants” provide critical system security services and respond to price signals to push down costs for all consumers.
Rooftop solar installers warned, get serious about Covid-19 control or shut up shop
Smart Energy Council webinar warns rooftop solar installers to “get deadly serious” about Covid-19 infection control, or “shut up shop” the for the next three months.
Australia’s rooftop solar industry braces for lock-down
CEC and others push for Australia’s rooftop solar industry to continue operating during Covid-19 lock-down, but looking increasingly unlikely.
Recycling giant awarded generation licence for SA solar and battery plant
Visy Board cleared to send power to the grid from a nearly 2MW rooftop solar and Tesla Powerpack system the company installed on a facility in Gepps Cross, South Australia.
