Battery/Storage

Clucking good power: Australia’s largest off-grid chicken farm runs on solar and batteries

Australia’s largest off-grid chicken farm – and one of biggest off-grid farms of any kind – is being powered completely…

July 23, 2024

Here’s how ‘microgrids’ are empowering regional and remote communities across Australia

Sometimes owned by local communities, renewable energy microgrids are slowly replacing dirty diesel generators.

July 4, 2024

“Resilient” renewable microgrid to power bushfire-threatened town for up to five days

Work starts on solar and battery based microgrid to help power one of the Victorian towns hardest hit by the…

June 27, 2024

How ‘a suburban dad’ made his house carbon negative and even displaces other people’s fossil fuels

Motivated by wanting to show what householders can achieve, Brody Kenrick upgraded his house to generate clean energy for the…

June 24, 2024

SwitchedOn podcast: The fully electric home that makes money and cuts emissions

Brody Kenrick's house is an inspiring example of what can be achieved when it can produce and store energy.

June 24, 2024

Groundbreaking trial shows how VPPs can pay for home batteries, slash costs on the grid

Two-year trial underscores "huge potential" for virtual power plants to solve some of the grid's thorniest problems, as long as…

June 21, 2024

Powerwalls for parity: Australia’s biggest VPP opens up to community housing

Pioneering virtual power plant designed and developed by Tesla will bring community housing into the fold, giving them access to…

June 18, 2024

How batteries on wheels and bidirectional EV charging could kill VPPs

The energy market is relying on consumers signing up to virtual power plants. What if they're wrong?

June 17, 2024

SwitchedOn Podcast: How electricity can be free

Jetcharge cofounder Tim Washington on how bidirectional electric vehicle charging will change the energy game for consumers – and maybe…

June 17, 2024

Sun taxes and surprise tariffs: Why alienate consumers right when we need them most?

Two recent energy market developments show we’re still a long way from where we need to be on consumer engagement…

June 14, 2024