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Australian battery price war heats up for solar bonus market
Sophie Vorrath30 Nov 20160 comments

LG Chem partners with SMA inverters as competition in the Australian battery storage market intensifies with more than 200,000 solar households about to lose their premium feed in tariffs and look to storage options.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Solar, Tariffs
Tesla Powerwall 2 battery storage opens for orders in Australia
Sophie Vorrath23 Nov 20160 comments

Tesla's 14kWh Powerwall 2 batteries open for order in Australia, with installations set to begin in Feb 2017 – just as 100s of thousands of solar households lose their premium FiT.

Solar, Tariffs
Powershop launches P2P solar product to Victorian customers
Sophie Vorrath15 Nov 20160 comments

Local solar trading product launched to Victorian Powershop customers as "first in a series" of peer-to-peer products to be rolled out by the online retailer.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
How battery storage can cut home electricity bills by one quarter
Bruce Mountain9 Nov 20160 comments

New data shows that in South Australia, battery storage is already offering significant savings – as much as 25% on annual electricity bill costs – to households with solar. Retailers will need to turn to Plan B.

Solar, Tariffs
Victoria gives nod to "fairer" time-of-use tariffs for rooftop solar
Sophie Vorrath26 Oct 20160 comments

Victorian government to shift solar feed-in tariffs to time-of-use pricing, in move to better reflect the value of the state’s rooftop solar generation, and their environmental benefits.

Solar, Tariffs
Smart meter advice for solar households nearing end of bonus tariffs
Reece Turner26 Oct 20160 comments

The end of the Solar Bonus Scheme is fast approaching. So if you’re a solar owner on the scheme, what should you do?

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
So, you want to buy battery storage?
Sophie Vorrath11 Oct 20160 comments

Most Australian households looking at battery storage just want to make the most of their solar investment and use as little grid supplied energy as possible. But what should they look to buy?

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar, Tariffs
Tariff reform could save billions on grid costs, slash customer bills
Sophie Vorrath4 Oct 20160 comments

Energeia report finds that an enlightened Australian electricity market, built around demand-based network tariffs, could save as much as $16bn in avoided infrastructure costs and cut power bills by 30%.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
More than half NSW solar homes headed for FiT shock: survey
Sophie Vorrath21 Sep 20160 comments

IPART survey finds up to 60% of NSW solar households will come off the premium FiT in December; meanwhile, some 22% don't even know what they're being paid for their solar exports.

Policy, Solar, Tariffs
Credit where it's due: How distributed energy could save $1bn on grid costs
Sophie Vorrath20 Sep 20160 comments

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, Tariffs
Battery storage and electricity bills in a post-FiT world
David Martin13 Sep 20160 comments

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.

Policy, Solar, Tariffs
How to make solar accessible – without rooftops
Jeff Deyette13 Sep 20160 comments

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.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
When should I discharge my battery to maximise my return on investment?
Warwick Johnston7 Sep 20160 comments

Should battery storage be discharged during peak only, and is it worth discharging during off-peak periods in order to maximise solar soak-up?

Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Podcasts, Tariffs
How residential demand tariffs could add $1000s to your bill
Ronald Brakels17 Aug 20160 comments

As residential demand tariffs are rolled out around Australia, we take a look at what they are, how they works, and why many households should avoid them at all costs.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
The world's largest virtual power plant: What's in it for consumers?
Sophie Vorrath10 Aug 20160 comments

Sunverge, the US-based energy management company supplying the "brains" for AGL's 5MW virtual power plant, explains how the project will benefit consumers.

Battery/Storage, Tariffs
Have we massively underestimated the battery storage market?
Nigel Morris3 Aug 20160 comments

Newly released survey data suggests we may have dramatically underestimated the take up of battery storage in Australia.

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