As the industry awaits the regulator's decision on a proposed NEM rule change that would give "local network credits" to distributed energy generators, a major Australian study has found such a measure could save $1.2bn on avoided network infrastructure costs.
Solar
The Los Angeles City Council took a major step Friday toward making the city run on clean energy alone.
City of Port Phillip to save $44,000/year on electricity costs with installation of 172kW solar on the roof of St Kilda Town Hall.
A farm near Busselton WA has installed a 100kWh vanadium redox flow battery with solar to avoid paying for a new connection to the grid.
A new community solar investment round is set to be launched in NSW, with the aim of installing 1MW of solar on homes and businesses in the state's north-west slopes region.
Renewable energy is having its 5 minutes of fame with the installation of solar and battery storage at the latest subject of The Block – a first for the reality TV series.
Survey finds nearly one-quarter of businesses already generating some power with rooftop solar – 83% seriously considering it.
What will happen when my feed in tariff ends? We did the numbers to see how battery storage could help our solar system minimise our bills.
The idea of sneaking in a battery cycle first thing in the morning doesn’t bear fruit, because most households are already exporting energy during their morning peak.
Combining PV with a storage solution, homeowners gain from a variety of possibilities and benefits. However, it is important to know how to select the right kind of storage solution..
With an increasingly supportive regulatory environment and growing interest, community solar in the US could contribute nearly half of all solar installations by 2020. Here's how they do it.
An innovative AC/DC nanogrid using solar and salt-water battery storage by Aquion has been completed in the US.
A Gold Coast home owner has installed six Tesla Powerwall batteries, to store 98% of the generation from his 24kW rooftop solar system. And the payback? Not bad...
Should battery storage be discharged during peak only, and is it worth discharging during off-peak periods in order to maximise solar soak-up?
NSW property development offers a tree change, and a share in an energy utility: a purpose-built, community-owned embedded network through which they can buy, sell and store solar electricity, peer-to-peer.
Many Australians are under the mistaken impression that their solar panels were made in Australia, and nearly half expect a pay-back from their investment within 5 years.