Australian Vanadium says VSUN subsidiary well advanced in negotiations to roll out residential vanadium redox flow battery.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Other RenewablesTagged Australian Vanadium, batteries, VRB, VSUN
VSUN edges closer to home storage market for vanadium batteries
Tagged Australian Vanadium, batteries, VRB, VSUN
WA’s biggest pig farm about to go 100 per cent renewable energy
WA's biggest piggery operator to add wind and storage to existing solar arrays in push to 100 per cent renewable energy supply.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Other Renewables“Ice battery” air-con technology set to cool Australian homes – and peak power demand
Solar hot water company Apricus inks distribution deal for US "ice battery" + air-con technology that could cool Australian homes, and cut power bills.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Energy Efficiency, Other RenewablesTagged air conditioning, Apricus, energy storage, Ice Energy, thermal energy storage
Tesla Powerpack battery added to wind turbine at NZ salt factory
In "Australasian first", 250kW Tesla Powerpack added to 660kw wind turbine, to provide 75 per cent of energy for NZ salt manufacturer.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Other RenewablesTagged battery storage, Powerpack, Tesla, Vector Energy, wind energy, wind turbine
JPMorgan Chase goes all in on renewable energy
The financial services giant plans to source renewables for 100% of its global energy needs by 2020, and to facilitate $200 billion in clean financing through 2025 – the largest commitment by any global financial institution to date.
Posted in Other RenewablesTagged clean energy, finance, global energy, JP Morgan, renewable energy
No small beer: Foster’s, VB to go 100% renewable by 2025
Some of Australia's most iconic beers are set to be brewed using solar and wind after Foster's Group and CUB parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev pledged to shift its 6 terrawatt-hours of annual energy consumption to 100 per cent renewables by 2025.
Posted in Other Renewables, SolarTagged AB InBev, corporate offtake, corporate renewables, PPA, renewable energy
Local government, communities can be zero carbon in just 10 years
BZE guide maps path for local government and communities to achieve zero carbon in 10 years, mostly through efficiency and local generation.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, SolarTagged Beyond Zero Emissions, BZE, zero carbon
Business slowly wakes up to reality that renewables are cheap
ARENA report shows less than half Australian businesses have tapped renewables. But there's no doubt the idea is starting to catch on.
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Other RenewablesTagged Arena, commerical solar, power purchase agreement, PPA
LO3 unveils ‘game-changing’ solar sharing microgrid in South Australia
US-based company behind block-chain energy sharing technology unveil plans for 6MW SA solar microgrid with Yates Electrical that could be the start of an industry-changing revolution.
Posted in Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, SolarTagged blockchain, LO3, peer-to-peer trading, Redmud Green Energy, Yates Electrical
Energy Locals defies industry and cuts consumer electricity rates
Energy Locals announces cut to electricity tariffs, and a jump in solar tariffs as rest of industry lifts rates by nearly 20%.
Posted in Other RenewablesTagged 100% renewable, renewables