The buzz might be about batteries, but the mass adoption of solar PV by Australian homes has only just begun, as prices reach levels that appeal to the late majority, and as early adopters look to upsize their systems.
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A smart energy storage system has been switched on at the first of a series of public institutions seeking to reduce energy bills in South Australia.
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South Australia opposition promises $100m in grants to help homes to buy and install battery storage in lead-up to state election.
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After five weeks with 8kW of solar panels and a 10kWh LG battery – including mostly perfect weather, some rainy days and one eight-hour grid outage – here's how the system at my NSW home performed.
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Victoria’s Monash University has begun work on an innovative solar and battery storage-based renewable energy microgrid.
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Australia headed for one GW of rooftop solar installs this year, regulator cracks down on solar rorts, and making sense of volatile certificate prices.
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Clean Energy Regulator says new rule will make replacement rooftop solar panels ineligible for the government rebate, in an effort to boost the standard of installs.
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It has been 12 months since we installed solar and two small battery storage units at our home. This is what we learned in our year of load defection.
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WA regional utility takes Exmouth Golf Club off the grid, and supplies solar and storage in order to save costs.
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Cuttyhunk witnessed New England’s whale oil industry give way to kerosene and incandescent light bulbs. Now the tiny island is deep in another energy revolution — reducing diesel use by way of a solar plus storage microgrid.
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