One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Western Australia to build and install 1,000 standalone power systems including solar, battery and hydrogen electrolysers, to replace poles and wires and diesel gen-sets, and boost the state's green manufacturing sector.
A south coast NSW group is seeking funding for eight microgrid feasibility studies targeting locations vulnerable to loss of grid power.
South Australia’s Flinders University announces off-take deal with nearby Willogoleche wind farm will take it to 100% renewables, alongside existing on-campus solar.
A covered waste facility in South Australia has added a 600kW solar farm, boosting the facility’s annual energy output and effectively making it “emissions neutral.”
Horizon Power W.A. plans to build Australia’s first remote microgrid using renewable hydrogen generation have won funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
New office building in Glasgow will be Scottish city’s largest upon completion in time for COP26 in 2021, as well as fully electric and zero carbon emissions.
Stationary superstore follows Wesfarmers stablemate, Bunnings, in pledging to source all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025, starting with rooftop solar rollout.
"Lowering emissions is just the beginning." Home improvement giant pledges to source 100% renewable electricity for all its operations by 2025.
ARENA-backed and ERM Power-led program will help 20 Queensland manufacturers boost industrial energy productivity, cut emissions and reduce costs.
Community renewables are the ideal way to generate local investment, build stronger rural economies and ensure the benefits of the energy transition are shared by all.
Tweed Shire Council inks 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with Flow Power to source renewable energy from Sapphire Wind Farm and Bomen Solar Farm.
Not-for-profit renewable energy hub opens in north-west New South Wales town of Narrabri, to help break down barriers to development of community-owned solar and wind power projects.
State-owned CleanCo signs 10-year deal to power more than 90% of Coles' Queensland sites from July 2022 via two of the state's biggest renewable energy projects.
Aldi pledges to source 100% renewable electricity for its Australian operations by as early as 2021, after rolling out almost 32MW of solar and signing two wind energy offtake deals.
There are five key barriers to scaling renewable energy supply in Australia, and this is how the Newstead model addresses each one.
IceWind launched vertical axis turbines in US, opening up the possibility for households to generate their own wind-powered electricity.
