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King Island’s world leading renewable micro-grid to add another big solar farm
Sophie Vorrath12 Dec 20220 comments

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.

still from video Essential Energy SAPS Cutlers Cottage
Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
Network trials hydrogen electrolyser to dump diesel and power lines
Sophie Vorrath7 Dec 20220 comments

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.

News, Other Renewables, Solar
Heat pumps: The fastest growing solar technology you’re probably overlooking
Warwick Johnston23 Nov 20220 comments

Air Source Heat Pumps, which extract latent heat from the atmosphere and pump it into a water storage tank, are so hot right now. Here's why.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Coastal town becomes first in Australia to trial green hydrogen to replace dirty diesel
Sophie Vorrath14 Nov 20220 comments

Green hydrogen production and generation plant completed for use alongside solar, wind and battery storage to help power a remote WA town.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Small communities could be buying and selling electric power right now – here’s how
Soheil Mohseni & Alan Brent26 Sep 20220 comments

Can community investment in renewable energy microgrids unlock revenue streams from energy arbitrage? We model a theoretical example to find out.

Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
Rapid solar roll-out shifts WA gold mine to renewables
Michael Mazengarb29 Jun 20220 comments

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

Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
NSW project to model regional microgrids identifies eight potential communities
Sophie Vorrath16 Jun 20220 comments

ANU-led project selects eight communities on NSW south coast for deeper look into transitioning them to renewable and battery-based microgrids.

Off-Grid, Other Renewables
Microsoft commissions California’s largest “renewable gas” microgrid
Elisa Wood16 Jun 20220 comments

Microsoft contracts Enchanted Rock to develop a data center microgrid – the largest in California to date that will use "renewable natural gas" to offset fossil fuels.

small wind turbine cow
Battery/Storage, News, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
No more data “not spots,” as Vodafone pilots off-grid mobile phone tower
Sophie Vorrath16 Jun 20220 comments

The “self-powering” mobile mast incorporates a small wind turbine, solar and battery storage and aims to solve the problem of remote connectivity.

esperance microgrid wind turbines
Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
Wind, solar and battery take WA town to 50 pct renewables – with more to come
Sophie Vorrath30 May 20220 comments

Pacific Energy launches Shark Lake Renewables Hub in Esperance, with plans to keep adding to the microgrid and increasing the town's share of renewables.

Battery/Storage, News, Other Renewables, Solar
Rottnest Island graduates to two wind turbines, 75 per cent renewables
Sophie Vorrath3 May 20220 comments

WA government to boost Rottnest Island's renewable energy supply to an average of 75% by doubling its wind and solar capacity and adding a battery.

Battery/Storage, News, Other Renewables, Solar
WA’s first pumped hydro microgrid gets underway in Walpole
Sophie Vorrath21 Apr 20220 comments

Construction of Western Australia’s first – but definitely not last – pumped hydro based microgrid is underway in the fringe-of-grid town of Walpole.

Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
Endeavour Energy fast-tracks plans for its first renewable, “islandable” microgrid
Sophie Vorrath25 Mar 20220 comments

NSW distribution network company gets funding to fast-track its first community microgrid, a $4.8 million renewables based power system to power two coastal communities during grid outages.

Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
Stand-alone solar and battery systems now seen as “new normal” in regions
Sophie Vorrath25 Feb 20220 comments

SAPS that bypass the grid to supply mostly renewable energy to individuals or communities have been cleared for wide-spread installation.

Energy Efficiency, News, Other Renewables, Policy
Morrison was wrong: Inner-city wine bars can play a key role in decarbonisation
Vikki McLeod10 Feb 20220 comments

In the absence of government leadership there is plenty we can do as a community and help one another in decarbonising our suburbs and our cities.

Energy Efficiency, News, Other Renewables, Tariffs
Powershop tumbles, as Enova and Diamond take top spots on green energy retailer rankings
Sophie Vorrath8 Feb 20220 comments

The latest national ranking of Australia’s electricity retailers' green credentials has sent Powershop tumbling down the order.

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