Electric Vehicles

Tesla to build community microgrid in clever twist on pollution penalty

Tesla will build a community microgrid in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of an unusual penalty for air…

May 13, 2021

Simon Hackett uses big Redflow battery system to create microgrid at Tassie farm

Redflow's largest shareholder puts his investment to work, with 280kWh ZBM flow battery system that with solar will “eliminate” grid…

April 21, 2021

Mining majors pledge to electrify industry with renewables, batteries, EVs

Fourteen companies join forces to decarbonise Australian mining industry and to help it harness the benefits of renewables, storage and…

March 10, 2021

Strata rule changes pave way for more solar apartments

New South Wales parliament passes amendments to strata laws to make it “drastically easier” for apartments to install rooftop solar…

February 22, 2021

Big Four bank offers “green loan” for home solar, batteries

Commonwealth Bank to offer home loan customers up to $20,000 in low, fixed-interest finance to install rooftop solar, battery storage, EV…

February 16, 2021

Tesla hikes price of Powerwall home battery, again, in Australia

Tesla has raised the retail price of the Powerwall 2 for the second time in four months, as demand for…

February 15, 2021

Rooftop solar set to continue growth in 2021, and take batteries and EVs along for the ride

SunWiz report predicts domestic market growth in both solar batteries and electric vehicles, as households and businesses start to embrace…

October 20, 2020

How solar, EV chargers and “greening” of a Cairns resort has slashed costs – and boosted profits

From switching to LED lights to installing solar and EV charge points, the "greening" of the Cairns Gateway Resort has…

August 20, 2020

McCain Foods goes big on solar in Victoria, in bid to quit coal by 2025

Frozen food giant to install massive solar and biogas generation system in Ballarat, slash its reliance on natural gas by…

July 15, 2020

ESB paints future of two-sided electricity market – but what does it mean for consumers?

What, exactly, is a two-sided wholesale electricity market? And will it really be good for consumers, or just sound like…

April 23, 2020