Northern Territory $20m Home Improvement Scheme offers up to $2,000 rebate on home improvements including purchase of rooftop solar and battery storage.
Battery/Storage
Redflow boss Simon Hackett urges states to provide incentive for solar households to trade in their premium feed in tariffs for battery storage.
When the opportunity presented to bid on a solar, wind and storage project on the island of Eluvaitivu, 4km offshore from the Northern Sri Lankan town of Kayts, Peter Bulanyi didn’t hesitate. Here's how the project – 46kW PV array, six 3.5kW wind turbines, and a 100kWh lithium-ion battery bank – unfolded.
The shift to solar and storage for two off-grid Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory not only cut energy costs by more than 50%, but strengthened cultural ties to country, and explored sustainable land use activities that bring jobs, training and an income – building a sustainable economy on homelands.
First big solar and storage plant fires up at WA copper mine, and other miners are keen to follow suit to reduce crippling cost of diesel.
A 194kW solar system with 250kWh of battery storage installed at Bundaberg Christian College will cut the school's grid power use by 80% and save it up to $100,000 a year.
Enphase says it has doubled its production targets for its new battery storage system in Australia after an overwhelming response from consumers.
Four out of five solar households interested in battery storage, with one out of four households considering using battery storage to quit the grid altogether.
ACT's second tender for battery storage installations in homes and businesses expected to result in 2MW of additional capacity for around 600 homes.
Enphase reports strong interest in battery storage products. "The move to next generation grid and decarbonisation cannot happen fast enough. And it is happening right here."
Listed company Australian Vanadium has announced that it has sold its first Cellcube energy storage system, a 100kWh vanadium battery installation, to a farm in south-western Western Australia.
CEFC teams with Westpac and energy services company Verdia to help Australian businesses with energy saving, electric vehicles.
Battery storage doesn't stack up yet for most households in Australia, but many are going ahead and installing it anyway. Like this Melbourne house...
Enphase Energy's 1.2kWh residential battery storage system has officially gone on sale in Australia, ahead of the first shipment, expected in August.
Australia's Redback Technologies says its new generation smart investors can dramatically improve self consumption and payback times for rooftop solar, and optimise use of battery storage systems.
Australia's first bulk-buy program launched by consumer advocates aims to offer battery storage products at "below market prices" for individual and community projects, and make installation easier.