Evergen to provide software platform for two-year energy management pilot at Queensland government-backed residential development of net-zero energy emission homes.
Queensland net-zero housing trial to team Evergen smarts with solar and batteries
Battery/Storage
Solar export tax proposal put on hold after flood of competing ideas
Regulator to have a longer think about rooftop solar export tax proposal after a flood of objections and alternative ideas.
SA Water boosts massive solar rollout with 176kW system in Mt Gambier
The new array adds to a PV and battery rollout that is expected to generate around 242GWh of solar and 34 megawatt-hours of installed energy storage.
One-in-two homes could have solar and battery storage by 2050, modelling suggests
New projections suggest one-in-two Australian households could have solar and storage by 2050, if Australia becomes a "clean energy superpower."
Solar and battery microgrid takes WA town to 100% renewables in Australian first
Western Australia again demonstrates its remote renewables leadership by powering Pilbara town of Onslow entirely on solar and battery storage.
Sydney apartment block goes solar, plus 24 Tesla Powerwall batteries
New-build apartment complex adds bespoke solar solution, including what is believed to be Australia's biggest residential Powerwall installation.
Where WA is installing all that rooftop solar – and where home batteries are following suit
New AEMO map details where Western Australia's "amazing" distributed PV resource is being amassed, and where behind-the-meter battery storage is gaining momentum.
Which home batteries are best? Lessons learned from five years of independent testing
Not all batteries are created equal. ITP Renewables' ARENA-backed Battery Test Centre in Canberra has been putting home batteries through their paces for five years. Here are the key lessons learned.
NT supercharges home battery rebate, with more money and new rules
Northern Territory government expands and updates home and business battery scheme, boosting it by $2.8m, offering more flexibility in size of systems and ensuring VPP readiness.
Battery joins wind-based microgrid to help WA town quit diesel
Remote Western Australia coastal town of Coral Bay chips away at diesel dependence with addition of lithium-ion battery system to its existing wind-based microgrid.
“BMW of batteries:” Solarwatt launches home storage system, backed by automaker
German-made modular, lithium-ion home energy storage system called Battery flex has been launched by Solarwatt in "close collaboration" with BMW Group.
Community battery underway at Victorian town shooting for 100 pct renewables
Works are underway on the installation and commissioning of a community-scale battery energy storage system at the regional Victorian town of Yackandandah.
Smart new electric hot water system offers two solar upgrade options
Solahart launches Streamline Solar-Ready, a plug-and-play electric hot water system with the option to upgrade to solar alternatives, including rooftop PV-connected.
South Australia to install free Tesla Powerwall batteries in homes without solar
South Australia to extend its virtual power plant scheme to state housing homes that do not have rooftop solar in effort to create a big solar sponge.
Virtual microgrids test feasibility of powering farms with renewables
Four virtual microgrids will test the feasibility of using stand-alone renewables and storage to power different agricultural applications in Queensland and NSW.
Shared solar partnership takes apartment building “off grid” in Queensland
Locality Planning Energy has delivered shared solar for four Queensland strata properties, in one case effectively taking an entire apartment building off-grid.
