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.
NSW network trials Solar Qube to replace poles and wires in Hunter Valley
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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Solar and battery giants unite to fight “outdated” inverter rule change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.
Rooftop solar payback set to shrink to three years, thanks to costly coal and gas
Clean Energy Regulator says forecasts of high energy prices into 2023 and 2024 could see the payback period for rooftop solar cut by another year.
Solar, storage, microgrids sought for Ukraine as Russia attacks the grid
New Use Energy and a group of nonprofits are working with medical professionals and others to keep the lights on as Russia makes Ukraine's grid a war target.
ACT launches tender for community battery to support all-electric solar suburb
ACT launches stage one of tender to develop a community-scale battery to support homes and the grid in one of the territory’s first gas-free suburbs.
Coastal town becomes first in Australia to trial green hydrogen to replace dirty diesel
Green hydrogen production and generation plant completed for use alongside solar, wind and battery storage to help power a remote WA town.
Tonsley hub edges closer to 100 pct renewables with massive solar rooftop
A boosted 5MW rooftop solar array at the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide will power up next week, taking it to 80% renewables. Battery storage is next.
Industry slams “antiquated, brutal” rooftop solar switch off plan for Sunshine State
A new rule that will require large numbers of rooftop solar systems to be fitted with a basic on-off switch has been slammed as outdated, reckless and costly.
Smart energy dream team builds all-electric, solar powered communities
More than 200 of these smart, solar and battery microgrid-connected homes will be built as a blueprint for sustainable, resilient residential development.
