Battery/Storage

Big Four bank offers “green loan” for home solar, batteries

Commonwealth Bank to offer home loan customers up to $20,000 in low, fixed-interest finance to install rooftop solar, battery storage, EV…

February 16, 2021

Solar and battery hybrid to power Jabiru as uranium mining stops

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

February 15, 2021

Tesla hikes price of Powerwall home battery, again, in Australia

Tesla has raised the retail price of the Powerwall 2 for the second time in four months, as demand for…

February 15, 2021

Enova taps Tesla Megapack battery as “queen bee” for shared solar project

Enova Community Energy chooses Tesla Megapack as first shared battery in its Beehive Project – a peer-to-peer solar trading platform…

February 11, 2021

New Tesla community battery trial will allow solar homes to bank their stored energy

Western Power and Synergy have kicked off a third community battery trial, this time offering up to 600 homes virtual…

February 10, 2021

South Australia to trial “solar” hot water virtual power plant to act as midday sponge

Solarhart-led project will use thousands of residential hot water systems to soak up excess rooftop solar and provide cheap and…

February 8, 2021

Microgrid feasibility studies target NSW towns hit hard by bushfires

A south coast NSW group is seeking funding for eight microgrid feasibility studies targeting locations vulnerable to loss of grid…

February 4, 2021

Community battery “solar sponges” to be trialled across Melbourne network

Community-scale batteries to be installed across inner-city suburbs of Melbourne in joint venture between CitiPower and Yarra Energy Foundation.

January 27, 2021

Tesla unveils standalone inverter, “completing” home solar product line-up

Tesla has quietly unveiled its a new standalone solar inverter, based on the technology used in the Powerwall 2, completing…

January 27, 2021

Home solar and batteries “the norm” in new Brisbane property developments

Two Queensland government-led residential developments to include solar, battery storage, heat pump hot water; save owners between $1600-$2000 a year…

January 25, 2021