Battery/Storage

Solar + Redflow batteries to slash costs, beat heat at outback cattle station

Solar plus 40kWh Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries allow outback W.A. cattle station to operate completely off-grid, save $10,000 a year…

February 5, 2020

How our Tesla Powerwall 2 battery provided power in the NSW bushfires

For this household lucky enough to be still standing after the NSW south coast bushfires, having rooftop solar and a…

February 3, 2020

United Energy to trial pole-mounted batteries to relieve peak demand stress on networks

United Energy to trial use of batteries to manage peak demand and reduce load on constrained sub-stations in Melbourne suburbs.

January 31, 2020

Family that installed Australia’s first Tesla Powerwall pays just 46 cents a day for power

Four years after the Pfitzner family installed Australia's first Tesla Powerwall battery, the family reveals they pay just 46 cents…

January 30, 2020

South Australia encourages rooftop solar and battery storage in new homes

Home builder Stoddart to add solar and batteries to new homes, and partner with Powershop and Reposit in creation of…

January 29, 2020

Queensland school goes big on solar – and Tesla battery storage

Private school in Bundaberg to install just under 1MW of solar power and 1160kWh of Tesla battery storage capacity to…

January 24, 2020

Bushfire crisis shows the answer to future energy security lies on our rooftops

Australia's current bushfire crisis has underscored the urgent need to decentralise our electricity grid. Building up networks of household solar…

January 23, 2020

Horizon Power eyes renewable hydrogen to power remote WA town of Denham

Remote coastal community of Denham may become host to one of Australia’s first hydrogen storage projects, as Horizon Power overhauls…

January 18, 2020

Wind, solar and batteries to slash emissions and costs in W.A.’s Esperance

Wind, solar and battery storage to power nearly half of W.A. town of Esperance, slashing emissions by half and electricity…

January 16, 2020

Evergen joins forces with Solar Service Group to boost battery uptake

New partnership promises to "dramatically reduce" home battery ROI, while also creating one of the world's biggest virtual power plants.

December 19, 2019