Off-Grid

Network company offers to switch 17 edge-of-grid customers to a mix of solar, batteries and back-up generation – and eventually retire their powerlines permanently.

Sungrow says it has supplied the 17MW/19MWh battery energy storage system for Australia’s largest off-grid renewable power system at a lithium mine in remote WA.

Off-grid solar systems can be more reliable than national grid networks. A new study explores different scenarios in 43 countries where this could be the case.

First milestones marked in the delivery of a massive wind, solar and battery-based microgrid that will slash the fossil fuel use of a WA gold mine by up to 96%.

Australia’s largest off-grid chicken farm – and one of biggest off-grid farms of any kind – is being powered completely by on-site solar and battery storage.

Sometimes owned by local communities, renewable energy microgrids are slowly replacing dirty diesel generators.

Work starts on solar and battery based microgrid to help power one of the Victorian towns hardest hit by the 2019-2020 Black Summer of bushfires.

Two completely off-grid solar, battery and diesel generator systems have gone live in New South Wales, owned and operated by a network company. Is this the new norm?

Three regional towns are being considered for battery backed stand-alone microgrids that would "island" the communities in the event of a major power outage.

GenOffGrid to move headquarters from WA to Darwin's East Arm and expand its business with the support of a NT government concessional loan.

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

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.

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

A remote Indigenous community was powered by 100% renewables for an average of 20 hours a day during September, using solar and battery storage.

For farmers seeking more independence from the grid, the water in their dams could offer yet another form of energy self-reliance.

Network company completes first phase of "first-of-a-kind" community microgrid designed to power two coastal communities during grid outages.