Other Renewables

King Island’s world leading renewable micro-grid to add another big solar farm

Tasmania’s King Island will boost its renewable energy supply – and further slash its use of diesel fuel – with…

December 12, 2022

Network trials hydrogen electrolyser to dump diesel and power lines

Essential Energy hopes to eliminate the use of diesel back-up by adding renewable hydrogen to a solar and battery microgrid…

December 7, 2022

Heat pumps: The fastest growing solar technology you’re probably overlooking

Air Source Heat Pumps, which extract latent heat from the atmosphere and pump it into a water storage tank, are…

November 23, 2022

Coastal town becomes first in Australia to trial green hydrogen to replace dirty diesel

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

November 14, 2022

Small communities could be buying and selling electric power right now – here’s how

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

September 26, 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

NSW project to model regional microgrids identifies eight potential communities

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

June 16, 2022

Microsoft commissions California’s largest “renewable gas” microgrid

Microsoft contracts Enchanted Rock to develop a data center microgrid – the largest in California to date that will use…

June 16, 2022

No more data “not spots,” as Vodafone pilots off-grid mobile phone tower

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

June 16, 2022

Wind, solar and battery take WA town to 50 pct renewables – with more to come

Pacific Energy launches Shark Lake Renewables Hub in Esperance, with plans to keep adding to the microgrid and increasing the…

May 30, 2022