A 5MW/10MWh lithium-ion phosphate battery energy system has been switched on, ready to help power a popular tourist destination through holiday peaks.
Big battery switches on to power island community through tourist peaks
Battery/Storage
“Beautiful,” ethical solar: 1komma5 begins delivery of high-end German rooftop module
A new rooftop solar panel coming to Australia this year promises German-made quality, good looks, and high ethical standards.
Council taps Redflow battery system to help power animal shelter
A 30kWh zinc-bromine flow battery storage system will guarantee a constant power supply for animal rehoming centre experiencing regular grid outages.
“Powerful alliance:” Big names in solar and battery storage join forces
Australia’s leading solar distributor forms strategic global partnership with one of world's leading energy storage providers, to drive "exponential growth."
Ikea launches “largest” urban commercial solar and battery microgrid
More than 3,000 solar panels and a 3MW/3.45MWh battery make up this urban, commercial microgrid launched this week from an Ikea rooftop.
Home battery rush looms as rebates about to be replaced by zero interest loans
Solar Homes battery rebate will close to applications in just over one month's time, as the scheme switches to a zero interest loan offering instead.
Tesla expands landmark battery-based VPP, including to homes with no solar
Tesla virtual power plant to be expanded to another 3,000 low income families, including those who cannot have rooftop solar but can have battery installed.
Indigenous communities to ditch diesel, as Labor upholds microgrid funding
Renewable microgrid funding, originally set aside in the 2021-22 federal budget, will slash the use of costly and polluting diesel in remote Indigenous communities.
Residential microgrids are booming – and utilities are getting in on the action
New data from Wood Mackenzie reveals residential microgrids as the new growth engine for the sector and finds utilities getting in on the game.
New home battery lands in Australia as Enphase launches 3rd gen IQ
Australia becomes second country outside US to get its hands on Enphase's third-gen IQ battery, ranging from 5kWh to 20kWh in capacity.
Is your rooftop solar performing as well as it should? Data says… probably not
Some 75% of residential rooftop solar systems are not passing on the full extent of electricity bill savings they are capable of delivering. Why – and what can be done?
Community batteries are popular, but do they actually help share power?
Sometimes – and in some parts of the grid – community batteries make sense. At other times, they may not be the best solution.
Spender calls on federal Labor to set up “one stop shop” for electrification
Independent MP calls on Albanese government to get out of slow lane on electrification, and make it easy for households and businesses to quit fossil fuels.
Most inverters for rooftop solar and storage wrongly installed, audit finds
Audit finds less than 30% of newly installed inverters for solar, batteries and EV chargers are configured to meet new standards crucial to grid integration.
Inverter giant targets rooftops that can’t go solar, with new lightweight panel solution
More than 25% of rooftops in Australia cannot be installed with traditional solar panels and mounting systems. GoodWe has an answer for that.
New code of conduct for solar and battery installers as consumer protections tighten
Solar and battery providers must sign up to a tougher, broader, more tightly regulated standard of practice to participate in state rebate scheme.
