Battery/Storage

Birdsville bids farewell to geothermal, opts for solar and battery storage instead

Plans to replace Australia’s only utility-owned geothermal power station in remote Queensland town of Birdsville dumped in favour of distributed…

June 7, 2018

Solar and battery underway in Australia's "largest" renewables microgrid

Second phase underway in plan to power Pilbara town of Onslow with 50 per cent renewables, with contracts for solar…

June 5, 2018

Another 28 off-grid communities to go solar in Northern Territory

Another 10MW of solar to be installed across 15 Northern Territory sites, in round two of scheme to wean off-grid…

May 31, 2018

Town battery aims to stabilise remote section of SA power grid

A University of Adelaide mobile energy storage system is being used to support a town with wildly fluctuating electricity needs…

May 24, 2018

100% renewable microgrid for Sweden’s rural community of Simris

In the rural town of Simris Sweden's south, French utility E.ON has been testing the islanding of a 100 per…

May 23, 2018

Sungrow adds 4.8kWh PowCube battery to Australia market

Sungrow Power has launched its next generation suite of inverter and battery storage technology in Australia, including the 4.8kWh lithium-ion…

May 23, 2018

Solar and battery microgrid nears completion at NT Air Force site

Carnegie Clean Energy says Delamere Air Weapons Range solar and storage microgrid is nearly complete, and ready to cut the…

May 16, 2018

One down, five to go: Cook Islands begins shift to 100% solar and storage

Melbourne company Entura leads project to take six of Cook Islands' 12 inhabited islands from diesel to 100% solar and…

May 15, 2018

Victoria "Community Grid" grows, in bid to cut network costs by $30m

Victorian Community Grid Project that promises to save United Energy $30m in avoided network costs adds key new solar and…

May 14, 2018

Image of the Day: Have Tesla Powerpack – "who needs Ergon?"

North Queensland business going off-grid with rooftop PV and a Tesla Powerpack battery system proudly proclaims: Who needs the network?

May 4, 2018