Enova Energy reveals plans to develop a microgrid in its home town, to encourage the roll-out of locally generated, stored and distributed power.
Community retailer Enova to pilot Bryon Bay microgrid
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Redflow batteries help power new beginning for heritage-listed Adelaide building
SA architecture taps home grown energy storage solution to get around a power supply problem that cropped up in the process of giving a 1916 building a 21st Century makeover.
How business can keep energy costs below 10c/kWh
New report shows taking part in demand response activities could save businesses up to 33 per cent on their power costs – and for very little effort. Used alongside the wholesale purchase of power and a corporate renewable PPA, the benefits to business can be substantial.
Victorian town plans "smart energy precinct" to halve industry power costs
Local business and community in coastal town of Port Fairy begin work on developing multi-million dollar, renewables-based smart energy precinct.
Power Ledger extends P2P solar sharing to WA apartment complex
Perth company applies P2P platform to Fremantle apartment complex with solar and battery storage to offer residents "transactive layer" to trade their own energy.
Show me the money: The business opportunity of grid-interactive buildings
Building owners should care about grid integration services because such services save them money, and can provide new sources of revenue.
Fridge chewing more power than it should? Ask your smart meter
Is your TV running? Not the opening line of a joke, but serious question smart meter giant Landis+Gyr wants to be able to answer for customers – before they even ask.
My long switch to solar
After many years of planning, I finally flicked the switch and installed a rooftop solar energy system. But that is just the beginning of our household's journey away from fossil fuels.
Port Macquarie Base Hospital to install 609kW rooftop solar system
NSW hospital set to save $130,000 a year with the installation of a 609kW rooftop solar system – "Australia's largest" on a health care facility, yet, it claims.
Power companies less trusted by consumers than banks, telcos
Survey finds Australian consumers' lack of trust in power companies holding back the shift to a smarter, cheaper grid.
Melbourne apartment complex switches on shared solar system
One solar system, five apartments, a baker, a hair salon, and an occupational therapist. Allume Energy has switched on its first suburban shared solar system that allows PV electricity to be distributed and billed to individual tenants, for 30% less than grid costs.
One down, five to go: Cook Islands begins shift to 100% solar and storage
Melbourne company Entura leads project to take six of Cook Islands' 12 inhabited islands from diesel to 100% solar and battery storage.
Victoria "Community Grid" grows, in bid to cut network costs by $30m
Victorian Community Grid Project that promises to save United Energy $30m in avoided network costs adds key new solar and storage system to collection.
Townsville resort bets on solar, efficiency to cut grid power by 70%
A luxury resort in Townsville in Queensland’s north is looking to cut its grid power consumption by up to 70 per cent, through a suite of cutting edge renewable energy and energy efficiency upgrades.
Image of the Day: Have Tesla Powerpack – "who needs Ergon?"
North Queensland business going off-grid with rooftop PV and a Tesla Powerpack battery system proudly proclaims: Who needs the network?
Off-grid, in business: Is this a "new norm" for Australian SMEs?
Queensland business - with 100 employees - has taken its operations off-grid, and may be the first to do so using Tesla Powerpack batteries in Australia. Does it make sense? And how many other businesses will follow?
