Battery/Storage

Low cost solar and storage loan provider Plenti says pilot showed 80% increase in applications when buy-now pay-later finance offered.

Victorian government to fund series of “neighbourhood-scale” battery demonstration and pilot programs, to unlock the role shared storage can play on modern grid.

Community Energy 4 Goulburn calls for expressions of interest to design and build a community-owned 1.8MW solar farm with 400kW/800kWh battery.

Voluntary recall formalised in Australia with ACCC notice warning of increased risk of fire in a number of LG Energy Solution home battery energy storage systems.

Sliver and lead mine in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region signs PPA to source its electricity from a combination of solar, battery storage and gas.

Australian Energy Market Commission names date new technical standards for inverters will come into play, signals more changes to come.

As the Tesla Powerwall 2 price goes up, LG Energy Solution Australia cuts the cost of its RESU home battery range delivering average savings of close to $A1000.

New South Wales parliament passes amendments to strata laws to make it “drastically easier” for apartments to install rooftop solar and other green technologies.

Western Australia to build and install 1,000 standalone power systems including solar, battery and hydrogen electrolysers, to replace poles and wires and diesel gen-sets, and boost the state's green manufacturing sector.

Start-up UPowr wins federal grant to accelerate deployment of its all-digital solar and storage sales platform.

Commonwealth Bank to offer home loan customers up to $20,000 in low, fixed-interest finance to install rooftop solar, battery storage, EV chargers, or other green technologies.

EDL wins tender to build solar and battery hybrid plant for Jabiru to replace diesel generators operated by uranium mining company.

Tesla has raised the retail price of the Powerwall 2 for the second time in four months, as demand for the 13.5 kWh home battery system continues to outstrip supply.

Enova Community Energy chooses Tesla Megapack as first shared battery in its Beehive Project – a peer-to-peer solar trading platform in the NSW Hunter Region.

Western Power and Synergy have kicked off a third community battery trial, this time offering up to 600 homes virtual solar storage via nine new PowerBank installations.

Solarhart-led project will use thousands of residential hot water systems to soak up excess rooftop solar and provide cheap and scalable grid management services.