One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Most so-called ‘community batteries’ are actually installed by electricity networks, but this local group managed to navigate the significant financial, regulatory and system hurdles.
China EV giant bows to trend of offering "complete solutions" for home energy, with launch of two residential battery storage systems and two inverters.
New data shows home battery installations had a bumper second half in 2024 – but still only a fraction of solar homes have invested in storage.
Anibal Zarate's family lived so well through Tropical Cyclone Alfred that even his sceptical neighbours now see solar and battery storage as the way of the future.
Round two of state battery program announces new winners, including a major charity group to slash energy costs, provide emergency back-up power.
Research shows a big range between the most and least efficient household battery storage systems. Here's why this could be a big problem.
Brisbane Lions awarded two government funded batteries, to store solar from a huge on-site array and take part in Momentum Energy's virtual power plant.
Rebates of $5,000 per household, or $7,500 for regional households, are being promised in one of Australia's most rooftop solar-heavy states.
From a battery-powered childcare centre to an all-electric community pool, $50 million in federal government grants is helping to electrify local government assets and slash power bills.
Discount supermarket chain launches low-cost solar and battery offering, bringing home storage to the masses. But is this a good thing?
SunGiga all-in-one energy storage system for commercial and industrial applications has been independently verified to meet Australian standards.
New home battery collaboration will bring a "highly price competitive" new product offering to Australia's most renewables forward state.
If energy regulators and retailers fail to keep up with technology, more people will have to pay for the policy failures that do not incentivise people like me to remain on the grid.
Production is rising, there are several good home battery products on the market and competition between suppliers is growing. But cost is not the only factor.
Experts share tips on how households can avoid paying a network "sun tax" and get more bang for their solar buck as feed-in tariffs bottom out.
Sungrow says it has supplied the 17MW/19MWh battery energy storage system for Australia’s largest off-grid renewable power system at a lithium mine in remote WA.
