Solar

Two trials by Horizon Power test grid value of distributed solar and storage, and role of utility-scale battery storage in smoothing and supporting an increasingly renewables-integrated network.

Horizon Power's stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.

Brisbane Airport's inter-terminal shuttle service will be run using 11 BYD electric buses, starting early 2018.

Australia’s largest privately owned office products supplier installs $1m of solar to cut grid power usage by 80%.

ATA report finds 5kW-plus rooftop solar systems offer best bang for buck, no matter the household energy profile – and even if all generation exported to grid.

Hailed as the 'last, best hope' for energy customers, the Finkel review's clean energy target looks more like as a shuffle of money between various large businesses – with little of it coming the way of consumers.

Plans to install a solar, wind and battery microgrid on Lord Howe Island have hit a snag, after an objection to the wind turbines from the federal energy minister.

A government-backed 100kW solar system will save Darwin Militiary Museum $270,000 and pay itself off in four years.

New York has unveiled a groundbreaking project that brings microgrid technology – rooftop solar + fuel cell + lithium battery – to the city’s affordable housing stock.

Australia’s oldest adventure playground is now powered by solar, from a a stunning new playscape made of old coal plant parts and cutting edge PV technology.

ATO dismisses wind-up order against Australia's largest solar retailer.

Australian outfit MPower wins contract to develop its largest energy storage project to date, a 5.6MWh li-ion battery system in Rarotonga.

Australia’s biggest horticulture company, Costa Group, has revealed plans to roll out its own solar power and battery storage capacity, starting at its flagship SA mushroom facility.

Australia's agribusiness sector is leading the commercial solar boom in Australia, as farmers seek to cut grid power costs and boost productivity through more efficient operating practices.

It has been argued that the CSIRO’s report was “a stitch up” for renewables, and very obviously designed to downplay the benefits, even though almost every scenario the role of renewables resulted in benefits..

Australia's biggest solar module retailer, Eurosolar, served with wind up notice from ATO. Company says it is a mistake, but future is clouded.