Battery/Storage

WA regional utility rolls out internet connected smart controls that "can remove limits on the amount of solar that can be installed in towns.”

Indigenous people are presenting their case for inclusion in clean energy projects, like traditional owners from the flood-ravaged community of Wujal Wujal.

A meta-analysis of nine studies finds flexibility will be vital to unlock the most value from consumer energy resources and could slash the cost of transitioning to renewables. 

LG Energy Solution unveils its latest residential storage solution, adding two new versions of its Enblock E storage system with lithium iron phosphate cells.

Queensland opens its $10 million Battery Booster scheme to some 2,000 households in the state but experts want more to support the consumer energy transition.

Australia's consumer watchdog is weighing up whether to issue a compulsory recall for an LG solar battery after 13 fires, including one that destroyed a house.

Ausgrid starts work on solar and battery microgrid to ensure power supply to key business and community services in Upper Hunter town of Merriwa during grid outages.

Uptake of electric vehicles and home batteries has helped to deliver Australia's second biggest year for rooftop solar growth – and a new record for system sizes.

Long-time solar owners are feeling burned by falling feed-in tariffs and rising night time rates and flocking to batteries. It's enough for one retailer to boost its outlets.

Redflow has showcased its commercial-scale battery solution, the Quadpod, as it prepares to install one at an electrical engineering company.

Endeavour Energy launches its first renewable microgrid, a system it hopes will protect the townships from bushfires - and tourist-induced blackouts. 

Queensland flags new $4,000 rebate for solar households to install battery storage.

The first stage of what stands to be the biggest solar and battery system on a shopping centre in Australia has been completed, and anointed by the federal energy minister.

CCA recommends an extension to the federal SRES in its climate progress report, and wants home batteries and EV chargers included. But the federal government is not sold.

The German start-up with a mission to convert 500,000 buildings a year to climate-neutral power, heating and mobility, has marked its official launch in Australia.

"Any fire can be deadly." Federal government joins urgent effort to recall thousands of potentially faulty home batteries at risk of overheating and catching fire.