Research suggests some "smart" devices can wind up increasing household energy usage, rather than cutting it.
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets
Virtual power plants and transactive energy: What, exactly, are they? And why does a leading microgrid analyst see them changing the way the power industry does business?
Posted in Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Software/Gadgets, Solar
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, Solar
WA network operator to take more remote regional customers off grid, with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel, after success of 2016 pilot.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Eight homes successfully separated from main electricity grid and operated as stand-alone solar and battery storage powered mini-grid, in Melbourne trial.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Early adopters of rooftop solar, and now battery storage, have got Australia's energy revolution well underway. But what's in it for those of us still smarting from a 200% increase in power bills? And how can we make the new energy market a fair one?
Posted in Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Policy, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Southern Cross VC fund backs NSW-based “internet of things” energy data company Wattwatchers.
Posted in Software/Gadgets
UK-based company run by Australian solar entrepreneur provides leases for solar in poor rural farming communities.
Posted in Software/Gadgets, Solar
A Daintree Rainforest community's decades long campaign to get network supplied power has caught the attention of the federal energy minister and ARENA. But not all of the community's residents are on board with the idea, and say off-grid living is the way to go.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
LG Chem's RESU home battery systems to team with Selectronic's Australian made SP PRO inverters – a tech duo to challenge the Tesla Powerwall 2.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar