Battery/Storage

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.

Second guide to battery storage installation – this time published by the Australian Energy Storage Council – offers "just in time" expert advice for Australian industry and consumers.

Let’s remove the emotion for a minute and take a close look at the economics of the decision whether or not to get a solar PV and battery system.

New CEC battery storage installation guidelines address consumer concerns, help installers comply with safety standards.

Simon Hackett takes delivery of 660kWh Redflow battery system at his Adelaide headquarters, giving company four days of power, and solar charging for his Tesla.

How utilities are taking advantage of customer-owned energy storage and demand flexibility.

ARENA grants ANU project $2.9m to install solar and battery storage at 40 homes on Tasmania's Bruny Island, and use Australian-made software to trade electricity with the grid when needed during peaks.

New housing development in Fremantle will offer rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles and peer-to-peer trading to its residents. Welcome to the "citizen utility".

What if the Queensland government sought to buy out some of the Queensland solar bonus tariffs by installing battery storage.

America's 900-plus rural electric cooperatives are spreading the word on how community-scale solar can save money, support communities, and diversify energy supplies.

Plans to build a completely new, completely sustainable and off-grid community in Victoria's Gippsland Lakes district are gathering momentum. But can they win the approval of state government?

My assumption was that my rooftop solar system could beat the savings I would get from offsetting my home loan. The Tesla Powerwall would simply ice that cake by increasing self- consumption levels due to power shifting. Here's how it is turning out.

More than 5,000 homes and businesses in Canberra will get subsidised battery storage under new scheme taking ACT towards 100% renewable energy. Already, 12 battery storage companies bid into the first pilot round.

German battery storage maker Sonnen teams up with Australia's biggest solar installer to sell rooftop solar and battery storage packages, and plans "peer-to-peer" trading.

Buyers of Redflow's ZCell battery storage product launched on Wednesday won't get much change from $20,000 for the 10kWh device. But Simon Hackett says Redflow will match Tesla and other high profile brands on price per kWh and on performance.

LG Chem reveals plans to ramp up its battery storage business in Australia, predicting a five-fold increase in sales in 2016, and an even greater rate of growth in 2017, when solar FiTs are ratcheted down.