A little over six months after I moved into a new home I have installed a combination of rooftop solar and battery storage. It's amazing what a little bit of storage can achieve.
My first weeks with rooftop solar and battery storage
Battery/Storage
Solar + battery storage keep Melbourne home powered, babies in milk
Melbourne mother of a newborn baby, whose solar and storage system kept her powered across a two-day outage, used Facebook to share her good fortune with others.
Senior Google executive installs first Redflow ZCell at off-grid property
The first customer installation of Redflow's residential battery storage offering – the ZCell – has been completed at an off-grid property south of Adelaide.
So, you want to buy battery storage?
Most Australian households looking at battery storage just want to make the most of their solar investment and use as little grid supplied energy as possible. But what should they look to buy?
GCL increases shipments of E-KwBe batteries to Australian market
GCL_SI's E-KwBe battery joins the rush of storage systems flooding the Australian market as demand for such technology soars.
W.A. plans Australia's biggest solar+storage micro-grid in Onslow
Solar and storage micro-grid will lead to town of Onslow sourcing 70 per cent of its electricity from renewables, improve reliability, reduce costs and state subsidies.
Trinabest PowerCube battery storage launched in Australia
China's Trinabest has launched its residential battery storage product on the Australian market, offering two sizes of its lithium-ion phosphate PowerCube.
Tariff reform could save billions on grid costs, slash customer bills
Energeia report finds that an enlightened Australian electricity market, built around demand-based network tariffs, could save as much as $16bn in avoided infrastructure costs and cut power bills by 30%.
Redflow gets $600,000 battery storage order from Melbourne installer
Australian battery storage developer Redflow says it has received a $600,000 order from a Melbourne-based energy system installer.
Why Aussie homes may be better off with smaller battery banks
You’re thinking about installing batteries for your solar PV system, but aren’t clear about how much storage capacity you need. Numbers suggest a smaller battery bank is probably a better investment than a larger one (at least for now).
E-KwBe: Another battery storage offering marks first install in Australia
GCL Poly says the first of its lithium-ion battery storage units, the E-KwBe, has been installed at the Brisbane HQ of a local solar installer.
Pumped on solar: How Australian farmers are harvesting the sun to water their fields
Farmers are finding that using solar and storage to create their own mini power stations is cheaper, cleaner and more reliable alternative to diesel or dependence on the grid. Power hungry irrigators, in particular, are finding quick paybacks.
More than half NSW solar homes headed for FiT shock: survey
IPART survey finds up to 60% of NSW solar households will come off the premium FiT in December; meanwhile, some 22% don't even know what they're being paid for their solar exports.
RedFlow names accredited installers for ZCell home battery
With RedFlow's 10kWh residential ZCell battery set to be rolled out in Australia, a list of accredited installers has been revealed.
WA farm taps vanadium flow battery storage, solar – an Australian first
A farm near Busselton WA has installed a 100kWh vanadium redox flow battery with solar to avoid paying for a new connection to the grid.
Renewables a reality, as The Block taps solar and storage
Renewable energy is having its 5 minutes of fame with the installation of solar and battery storage at the latest subject of The Block – a first for the reality TV series.
