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CEFC tips $95m into solar powered, energy efficient community housing
Sophie Vorrath9 May 20190 comments

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs Housing Plus to deliver 220 new energy efficienct homes over three years in regional NSW, including solar and battery storage.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Solar plus storage to power NDIS housing in South Australia pilot
Michael Mazengarb9 May 20190 comments

South Australian project will incorporate solar and battery systems into dedicated housing for participants of the NDIS.

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Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Solar
How much rooftop solar does it take to cover your daily EV recharging?
Sophie Vorrath7 May 20190 comments

How many solar panels do you need to power both your house and your car with the one PV system?

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Battery/Storage, Other Renewables
Rio Tinto closes coal plant, shifts to renewables at Utah copper mine
Sophie Vorrath6 May 20190 comments

Rio Tinto opts to power Kennecott copper mine in Utah with renewables, via power purchase agreement, after permanently shutting the facility's coal plant.

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Battery/Storage, Solar
Black coal museum now powered by solar and battery storage
Sophie Vorrath3 May 20190 comments

A 91kW solar, 41kWh battery storage system built to power a black coal mine museum has been launched in Victoria – a living demonstration of Australia's energy transition.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Labor home battery plan could slash electricity bills by up to 80%: report
Sophie Vorrath1 May 20190 comments

Smart Energy Council report finds ALP battery rebate and finance policies could combine with existing solar rebates to deliver massive electricity cost savings for households – up to $1,860 a year.

Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Shared solar and communal battery to power 100% renewable W.A. housing estate
Sophie Vorrath1 May 20190 comments

A 100% renewable residential development in W.A. will feature blockchain-ready solar homes, a microgrid supply network for water and power and – in what is being claimed as an Australian first – a shared on-site 670kWh battery.

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Battery/Storage, Policy, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Labor to link 4,000 solar schools in 364MW national virtual power plant
Sophie Vorrath30 Apr 20190 comments

Federal Labor plans to create virtual power plant of solar schools across Australia, through $1bn CEFC loans scheme to help schools invest in rooftop panels and battery storage.

Battery/Storage, Solar
NT completes 10MW solar roll-out to 25 remote indigenous communities
Sophie Vorrath16 Apr 20190 comments

Australia's largest integration of solar – and one 2MWh battery storage system – with off-grid power stations across 25 remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory has been completed.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Barwon Water taps battery storage, boosts solar farm capacity to 3MW
Sophie Vorrath8 Apr 20190 comments

Victorian utility is tripling the size of its flagship solar farm, and building a new solar and battery storage plant, in bid to source 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2025.

Battery/Storage, Solar
AusNet: We've been overwhelmed by the solar rush, and we’ve made mistakes
Alistair Parker28 Mar 20190 comments

Making sure Victoria's network can cope with residential demand for batteries and solar is a complicated business – but we're not sitting on our hands.

rooftop solar
Battery/Storage, Solar
AusNet hints at online error as solar, battery rejections spark industry anger
Sophie Vorrath27 Mar 20190 comments

As concern grows that solar and battery storage is being blocked in some parts of Victoria, AusNet says efforts to fast-track the customer connection process may have caused some applications to be wrongly rejected.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Are solar export limitations blocking home battery storage in Victoria?
Matthew Wright27 Mar 20190 comments

Households in eastern Victoria wishing to be energy self-sufficient by investing in solar and battery storage are being blocked by AusNet’s grid connection rules.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Home hydrogen storage for rooftop solar? UNSW team says it's coming in 2020
Sophie Vorrath20 Mar 20190 comments

UNSW and Tamworth company H2Store win investor support for hydrogen storage that could be applied to home solar storage by late 2020.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Australia installs its first solar farm in Antarctica – a 30kW vertical array
Sophie Vorrath19 Mar 20190 comments

Desert-based renewables outfit Masdar helps install Australia's first Antarctic solar array – a 105 panel system mounted on a wall at the Casey research station.

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Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar, Tariffs
New rooftop solar, battery connection standards: What do they mean? Who needs to know?
Sophie Vorrath14 Mar 20190 comments

New standards guiding rooftop solar and battery storage installs across the NEM have been released by the ENA. But are they good, bad or indifferent for consumers and industry? And what will they actually do? We ask the ENA and the CEC for some answers.

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