NT government to establish competitive tender process to transition scores of remote indigenous communities to renewable-based power systems by 2030.
NT to shift all remote communities to renewable microgrids
Off-Grid
From seven solar mini-grids to 750: How Cameroon is empowering communities
In the Central African country of Cameroon, where electricity is scarce outside of major cities, a public-private partnership has a set goal of installing 750 minigrids.
Tackling energy resilience with solar and deeply discounted Tesla batteries
A Californian city has approved plans to install solar-based microgrids at five critical facilities using Tesla batteries paid for by a state-backed energy resilience scheme.
Hybrid solar and battery system to power mineral sands project in W.A.
ASX-listed miner Strandline Resources has signed a 15-year supply agreement with Contract Power, a move that will see it pay less for power than originally forecast.
Texas grid failure shows how microgrids offer hope for a better future
Microgrids and supporting technologies offer the potential to make grid failures like what happened in Texas a thing of the past.
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 electric vehicles.
Two Victorian towns could go off grid under new network proposal
Donald and Tarnagulla, west of Bendigo, could be the first large communities that are taken off grid and powered by local renewables and storage.
Gippsland town volunteers for micro-grid trial to reduce dependence on main grid
The town of Heyfield 200km east of Melbourne will be the guinea pig for new microgrid technology in a study led by UTS.
