Off-Grid

When the grid goes down, can solar and batteries power your home?

As Hurricane Ian wreaks havoc in the US, a Berkeley Lab team explores what it takes for homes and buildings…

September 29, 2022

AGL goes off-network with solar and battery microgrid for NSW almond farm

AGL to build, own and operate a solar and battery microgrid that will shift a Riverina almond orchard from diesel…

September 13, 2022

Rooftop solar company seeks to act as a utility for community microgrids

A US residential solar company is seeking regulatory approval in California to act as a utility that owns and operates…

September 5, 2022

Horizon Power secures land to take Goldfields town to 100 pct renewables

Menzies Shire Council sets aside land to support a renewable energy facility to power the remote mining town with a…

September 1, 2022

Works begin on solar and battery microgrid to power island national park

Construction has begun to install a solar and 215kWh battery energy storage-based microgrid on Tasmania's Maria Island.

August 6, 2022

Redflow lands big new battery order for off-grid Kangaroo Island icon

After being destroyed by fire over Australia's devastating Black Summer, the Southern Ocean Lodge is being resurrected, complete with a…

July 28, 2022

Seven ways to boost household energy resilience to climate-driven disasters

Extreme weather events put energy supplies at risk. Consumers can boost their resilience with everything from solar-powered torch to an…

July 15, 2022

Should you even bother connecting to the grid?

US start-up sells a "modern electric system," where "ridiculously outdated" networks are replaced by microgrids with solar, storage, backup and…

July 14, 2022

Rapid solar roll-out shifts WA gold mine to renewables

A Western Australian gold mine is now being powered by solar power, the first operational project under the state's Clean…

June 29, 2022

WA targets 1,000-plus standalone power systems with new funding boost

WA tips another $37m to deploy 180 standalone power systems across the state, as it aims for 1,000 over four…

June 29, 2022