Battery/Storage

Alpha-ESS to set up fifth solar + battery virtual power plant in South Australia

Alpha-ESS ramps up Adelaide battery production to meet demand for S.A. 5th virtual power plant, a joint effort of ShineHub…

September 26, 2019

Sonnen begins home battery installs at Victoria property development

The first of up to 270 5kWh Sonnenbatterie home battery systems installed at new housing development in Victoria, as part…

September 18, 2019

Solar and battery microgrid to power Western Australia business park

W.A. government avoids "costly" grid extension with solar and battery microgrid, which will power a new 120-hectare industrial and "agri-innovation"…

September 13, 2019

UNSW report proposes floating microgrids of electric boats

UNSW researchers propose floating microgrids made up of electric boat motors, renewables and smart controls, to help power islands and…

September 12, 2019

Tesla slashes price of Powerwall 2 battery by $2,000 for VPP customers

Tesla unveils deal for South Australian customers that cuts around $2,000 off price of Powerwall 2 home battery – but…

September 6, 2019

Victoria apple farmer taps vanadium flow battery to better harvest the sun

Victorian apple growers to add 20kW/80kWh vanadium redox flow battery system and extra 100kW of PV to existing 60kW solar…

September 4, 2019

Simon Hackett shifts Tasmania farm to solar microgrid, with 27 ZBM2 batteries

Sheep and cattle farm to install 100kW solar, 270kWh zinc bromine flow battery storage, to slash grid power use and…

September 3, 2019

New round of home battery testing to review eight new technologies

ITP Renewables' Battery Testing Centre program extended for a third phase with new ARENA funding, and eight new residential batteries…

August 30, 2019

University of Adelaide starts work on solar and mixed storage microgrid

The $7 million cutting edge microgrid project will combine both vanadium flow and lithium-ion battery storage technology with a 1.2MW…

August 30, 2019

Solar and giant “water battery” to slash university’s grid consumption by 40%

University of the Sunshine Coast combines 2.1MW of rooftop solar with massive water tank "battery," to power campus air-conditioning using…

August 30, 2019