Solar

If your company has not yet engaged in an off-site renewable energy transaction, here are five reasons why you should get started in 2017.

As regulators consider strict new guidelines for Australian home battery installations, US battery maker SimpliPhi is making its move, keen to promote the key strengths of its proprietary technology – safety, reliability and flexibility.

German battery maker Sonnen hopes to use its new solar and storage "free" electricity deal to muscle in on Australia's peaking power market.

Nearly one year ago, Greens MP Greg Barber installed 5kW of solar alongside Melbourne's first 6.4kWh Tesla Powerwall home battery. Here's a look at how it has performed.

The Prime Minister has a lot of solar and a lot of storage at his Point Piper home, and would need a lot more to go off grid. Most households would need more storage.

There’s a simple and achievable way to ensure electricity grid reliability on extreme heat days, and it's on and under our own roofs.

Contracting for renewable energy development by corporate big energy users has been slow to catch on Down Under. But a new report suggests that is about to change.

South Australian government announces $15m scheme to fund rooftop solar and energy efficiency upgrades for schools across the state.

Turns out making microgrid economics work is increasingly possible. It’s a matter of ‘stacking value.’

Australian property group completes its latest major commercial rooftop solar installation, a 925kW array at Wetherill Park Shopping Centre.

Crowdfunding helps deliver 40kW solar plus 6.4kWh Tesla Powerwall battery storage system for Footscray Community Arts Centre.

NSW community renewables group Farming the Sun pitches seventh bulk-buy scheme, this time for solar and battery storage.

Home energy management systems are fast becoming a popular way to get the most out of solar and batteries. Here's a side-by-side comparison of the various offerings currently available in Australia.

Australia is at an energy crossroads and decisions made today have the potential to redefine the country’s energy future tomorrow.

With the first shipment of Tesla's Powerwall 2 battery systems set to hit Australian shores, prices of home energy storage continue to tumble, shifting the target market from early adopters, to the "early majority".

Three months after installing rooftop solar and battery storage on the 30-yar-old home I bought early last year, there is absolutely no doubt it has made a huge difference to the nature of my bills, the source of my energy, and the way I use it.