Battery/Storage

Western Australia utility Horizon Power to take a second shot at running the Pilbara town of Onslow on solar and battery storage only during daylight hours.

Tesla will build a community microgrid in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of an unusual penalty for air quality infringements at its Fremont EV manufacturing facility.

Works have begun on what will become Australia’s first community microgrid to incorporate renewable hydrogen, a $9.3 million project in the remote WA town of Denham.

Two new lithium-ion home batteries – 9.6kwh and 14kWh – launched in Sydney ahead of going on sale in the second half of 2021.

Queensland utility calls for expressions of interest for renewable energy solutions for two diesel fuel-dependent remote communities.

Tesla CEO concedes “some significant mistakes” were made in rollout of integrated glass Solar Roof, after reports that installation costs have blown out for existing customers.

Canberra will become host to a suburban big battery project as part of a plan to establish one of the 'greenest' new suburb developments in Australia.

Batteries included: Tesla CEO tweets that Tesla will only sell its solar products, including the integrated solar glass tile roof, with its Powerwall batteries.

Renewable energy microgrid that includes 2MWh of battery storage and Australia’s largest on-campus solar farm at 7MW, switched on at Deakin University.

Redflow's largest shareholder puts his investment to work, with 280kWh ZBM flow battery system that with solar will “eliminate” grid electricity costs for his Tassie farm.

A 13MW solar farm that will combine with battery storage and gas to power a gold mine in Western Australia is expected to be up and running by the end of this year.

Energy Democracy to launch Central West NSW cooperative, offering 917 parcels of solar and battery storage from an Orange community renewable energy project.

NT government to establish competitive tender process to transition scores of remote indigenous communities to renewable-based power systems by 2030.

In the Central African country of Cameroon, where electricity is scarce outside of major cities, a public-private partnership has a set goal of installing 750 minigrids.

Tasmania’s opposition party pledges $20m to zero and low-interest loans of up to $15,000 for households and businesses to finance batteries and rooftop solar.

Tasmania’s first community microgrid, with rooftop solar and Tesla battery storage, is successfully powering a group of social housing tenants at the edge of the state’s grid.