AlphaStruxure unveils plans for 11.34MW microgrid – actually four microgrids rolled into one — at New York's JFK International Airport.
Federated microgrid: Multiple solar and storage power islands in the wings for JFK Airport
Battery/Storage
Redflow integrates zinc-bromine flow batteries with Deye hybrid inverters
Brisbane based battery manufacturer Redflow has successfully integrated its zinc-bromine flow batteries with hybrid inverters from Chinese group Deye.
ACT claims “highest home battery density” in Australia, as rebate scheme winds up
ACT winds up its home battery support scheme, after meeting its target of 5,000 units installed in homes and businesses.
Two community solar and battery projects put out call for PPAs
Two New South Wales community solar farms with approvals for batteries are seeking to enter a variety of power purchase agreements.
Shopping centres to moonlight as solar plants in battery pilot with Enel X
A pilot project will install batteries at two solar powered shopping centres to further displace high-priced fossil fuel generation – both for the centres and on the grid.
Rooftop solar feed-in tariff cuts keep coming, despite soaring power bills
Pressure is growing on solar households to maximise self-consumption of their rooftop PV as regulators chip away at the value of solar exports.
Thinking of buying a home battery? Here’s what you need to know
Should you invest in a home battery to store solar output, manage energy use and cut costs? It really depends on what you want to achieve.
NSW network trials Solar Qube to replace poles and wires in Hunter Valley
Boundary Power deploys its first bespoke solar and battery system on Australia’s east coast, as a safer, more reliable power option for a remote customer.
King Island’s world leading renewable micro-grid to add another big solar farm
Tasmania’s King Island will boost its renewable energy supply – and further slash its use of diesel fuel – with the addition of a 1.5MW solar farm.
Network trials hydrogen electrolyser to dump diesel and power lines
Essential Energy hopes to eliminate the use of diesel back-up by adding renewable hydrogen to a solar and battery microgrid in a NSW National Park.
Solar and battery giants unite to fight “outdated” inverter rule change
Some of the biggest solar and battery names in the world call for rethink of inverter changes they say will cause rise in prices.
Do neighbourhood batteries stack up? Five reasons for caution on shared grid storage
With big policy dollars pledged to neighbourhood batteries, we look at some of the problems facing community energy storage and how to get around them.
First 50 of 1,000 standalone solar plus battery systems head to remote towns
The first 50 of 1,000 planned standalone solar and battery systems set to be delivered to remote communities to cut emissions and boost reliability.
VPP specialist raises funds to install 600MWh of rooftop solar and battery storage
Swell Energy has raised $US120 million to roll out 600MWh of rooftop solar based virtual power plants, including 26,000 home battery storage systems.
“Please act quickly:” ACCC issues fresh recall for ‘dangerous’ batteries
The faulty batteries, which may be branded LG, SolaX, Opal, Redback, Eguana, or VARTA, can overheat and catch fire.
How “flexible exports” will save us from the Big Solar Button
South Australia's current grid woes give us a feel for the state of rooftop solar management ‘in the wild’ – and it’s much more interesting than it would first appear.
