Battery/Storage

A record amount of home battery installations in Victoria in 2021 was not enough to deliver another year of growth for the Australian market.

SolarEdge opens sales in Australia for its DC-coupled lithium-ion 9.7kWh Home Battery, alongside a new Energy Hub "high back-up power" inverter.

Car dealerships need to upgrade their electrical infrastructure – and fast – given more than half their sales will be coming from electric vehicles before the decade is out.

The devastating floods have cut off power for tens of thousands of people across New South Wales and Queensland. But this doesn’t have to keep happening.

Plans to power Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Daintree region with a solar to hydrogen gas-based microgrid to go ahead, after federal government awards $18.75m contract.

Off-grid "regenerative tourism" resort the size of Belgium being developed on the Saudi coast will include a 340MW solar plant and a huge 1.2GWh battery energy storage system. 

SAPS that bypass the grid to supply mostly renewable energy to individuals or communities have been cleared for wide-spread installation.

Victorian households applying for the state government's home battery rebate now have the option to get a bigger discount, in return for signing up to a virtual power plant.

Hanwha Q Cells taps Australia for international debut of new home battery system, Q.Home Core, with first batch taking part in a virtual power plant pilot in Victoria.

Andrews Labor government rolls out grants for community organisations to help reduce energy usage and emissions, with $1.8m available for solar, batteries and efficiency measures.

Amber Electric is opening up its SmartShift demand response platform to customers across Australia after a successful South Australia trial – including a big windfall for one battery owner.

One of the smallest towns in Puerto Rico, accustomed to daily power outages, competed against 12 municipalities for a solar plus storage microgrid – and won.

Leading Australian solar installer and electricity retailer Infinite Energy is bowing out of the rooftop PV and battery business, citing changing sector dynamics and Covid.

EDL flips switch on 11.4MW Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project, which uses up to 100% solar during the day, and battery and diesel at night.

Switch turned on for one of Australia’s largest and most sophisticated microgrids, a 5MW mix of solar, wind and battery storage with no fossil fuel backup.

Researchers develop intelligent solar backup system powered by artificial intelligence to support sub-Saharan Africa’s utility grids.