Software/Gadgets

Solar for strata: LPE teams with Allume to offer “fair access” to solar

Bid to extend solar to Australia’s millions of apartment dwellers gains new ground in partnership between electricity retailer LPE and…

May 28, 2020

Ausgrid seeks thousands of homes to take part in expanded virtual power plant

After a successful phase one, Ausgrid launches second phase of household battery-based virtual power plant, with two new "aggregator" partners…

May 28, 2020

Power Ledger to deliver blockchain solar microgrids to 10 Perth apartment buildings

Connected Communities deal to start with 62-apartment complex in Inglewood, made 100% renewable through embedded network of solar and storage.

April 22, 2020

When the roof over your head is also a solar microgrid: Skagerak Energilab

The solar roof of Norway's Skagerak Arena roof is the core of a sophisticated microgrid that not only powers the…

April 16, 2020

Power Ledger partners with French utility to certify renewables with blockchain

Blockchain will be used to certify renewable energy trading in a partnership struct between Australian Power Ledger and French utility…

April 8, 2020

How your household battery can keep the grid stable and prices down

Tesla data shows how household batteries orchestrated through "virtual power plants" provide critical system security services and respond to price…

April 2, 2020

One Step, Two Steps towards a net zero emissions household

Many Australian households have worked hard to reduce their direct carbon footprint, through efficiency and solar. But what about our…

March 31, 2020

Redflow zinc bromine batteries help take W.A. farm off-grid

Western Australia farm takes its 26-year old business off-grid with solar PV and 40kWh of zinc bromine flow batteries from…

March 26, 2020

Evoenergy to trial ACT virtual power plant, tapping customer solar, batteries and EVs

ARENA-backed trial will explore the role of customer-owned distributed energy resources on the electricity network, and how they could be…

March 12, 2020

Swiss community completes trial of solar blockchain microgrid

A community in Switzerland has completed a successful year-long trial of a blockchain electricity market, a technology being eyed for…

March 10, 2020