Software/Gadgets

ARENA backed pilot will use Melbourne-based Allume Energy's solar sharing technology in a pilot project with The Salvation Army and Green Peak Energy.

Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries paired with solar take Tambourine Mountain home – and electric vehicle – off-grid and 100% renewable-powered.

Australian energy storage company teams with carbonTRACK to incorporate Virtual Power Plant functionality into its Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries.

US start-up Orison, backed by Origin Energy, hopes to unveil its "plug and play" battery storage that it describes as just another appliance that can be plugged into the wall.

Until recently, medium-sized data centres have been limited in their options for energy procurement. There is now a new technology that can solve this problem.

Report on W.A. trial using Power Ledger blockchain technology finds peer-to-peer solar energy trading technically feasible, good for grid and consumers – but unlikely to take off under current network tariff structures.

California Energy Commission's Andrew McAllister talks ‘active efficiency’, a mix of traditional energy efficiency and demand response that will be key smart and renewable future grids.

A new software platform that will allow consumers to choose the provenance of their renewable electricity supply, and help establish clean energy communities, is set to be rolled out in Australia.

First-round winners of $50.4m Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund include microgrids for indigenous communities, farmers, regional towns and industrial parks.

Newcastle-based SwitchDin secures $5m from global PV giant Q-Cells, which will use the Australian technology to offer vertically integrated distributed renewable solutions.

To date, there hasn’t been a framework in place to take advantage of solar and/or storage that is ready to play a more sophisticated part in the grid’s operation.

Australians have led the world in solar installations on their rooftops, but lag way behind in terms of what they do under the roof. And it's costing them dearly.

The completion of Robinvale solar farm marks the launch of WePower's blockchain-based energy tokenisation platform that promises to open up energy procurement to small businesses.

Juwi Renewables signed up to build solar, wind, and battery hybrid energy “hub” to meet up to half of annual electricity demand of W.A. coastal town of Esperance.

Bid to extend solar to Australia’s millions of apartment dwellers gains new ground in partnership between electricity retailer LPE and solar sharing pioneer Allume Energy.

After a successful phase one, Ausgrid launches second phase of household battery-based virtual power plant, with two new "aggregator" partners – ShineHub and Evergen.