Battery/Storage

WA VPP project promises 90% solar self-consumption for cost of "a coffee a day"

Australia's "first" privately funded VPP hopes to sign up 1000 homes and businesses in south-west WA to zero up-front cost…

October 15, 2018

Tesla confirms price hike for Powerwall 2 battery storage, to reflect "better value"

Tesla confirms near 20 per cent jump in price of Powerwall 2 battery storage units, but says more upgrades and…

October 15, 2018

Trial to run Monash University on 100% renewables backed by ARENA

ARENA tips $2.9m into microgrid trial to use a locally designed smart software platform to help run Monash University's Clayton…

October 12, 2018

Ausgrid hopes community storage can help it engage with consumers

Australia's networks have gone from raising the drawbridge to lowering it, inviting new technologies and ideas on to their platform.…

October 11, 2018

Farmers to tap solar and battery storage, in latest Victoria microgrid trial

Victoria microgrid project wins state funding to demonstrate the value of energy resilience and self-sufficiency for rural industries.

October 3, 2018

Got rooftop solar? It's time to add a battery

In Australia, regulators are giving a very clear signal to the market: the grid is not your battery, so please…

September 27, 2018

RayGen adds heat to PV Ultra product to join gas displacement market

RayGen adapts its concentrated solar PV technology to join the rush of solutions to displace gas in the industrial heating…

September 27, 2018

UNSW plays host to first Tesla Powerpacks in Australian university

UNSW is playing host to what it says is the first Tesla Powerpack battery to be installed in an Australian…

September 26, 2018

Vicinity adds blockchain trial to $75 million solar and storage plans

The retail outlets of ASX listed Vicinity Centres could soon sell solar energy, too, after adding Power Ledger's energy sharing…

September 25, 2018

Solar and flow battery to power Great Barrier Reef research station

University of Queensland-run research hub on Heron Island to be more than 80% solar powered, with addition of 500kW PV…

September 18, 2018