One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
A flagship mixed-use, precinct-based solar and battery power system will highlight the benefits and challenges of deploying microgrids on the electricity network.
Renewable microgrid funding, originally set aside in the 2021-22 federal budget, will slash the use of costly and polluting diesel in remote Indigenous communities.
New data from Wood Mackenzie reveals residential microgrids as the new growth engine for the sector and finds utilities getting in on the game.
People in crisis and in developing countries are paying extremely high prices for small amounts of electricity while polluting our environment. We must do better.
The three specialist turbines together with a battery storage system, will supply almost 100% of the electrical demand of the new Scott Base.
A microgrid with every element carefully matched to its circumstances, including the rooftop PV mounting system, starts powering an off-grid wilderness sanctuary.
A community whose power system was wiped out by a hurricane is celebrating the activation of solar and battery microgrids that can power the town for 10 days.
William Creek, a tiny populated speck within the vast Anna Creek Station, is now powered entirely by solar and battery storage. Here's how it was done.
A remote NT community will soon source up to half of its electricity supply from renewables, with new works underway to further slash diesel consumption.
WA government ditches diesel and opts for solar and battery storage to power a major off-grid rail construction project – a first for the state.
AlphaStruxure unveils plans for 11.34MW microgrid – actually four microgrids rolled into one — at New York's JFK International Airport.
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.
A microgrid project in Canada aims to get island and coastal communities off diesel using tidal energy.
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.
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.
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.
