The energy management technology of Victorian company, GreenSync, will be used in a ground-breaking suburban Melbourne solar and battery storage trial that aims to take part of a Melbourne suburb off-grid.
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City of Sydney powers up rooftop trigen plant in effort to quit coal
After years in the planning, City of Sydney’s 1.4MW rooftop trigeneration plant is in full swing, powering, heating and cooling Town Hall and Town Hall House.
Credit where it's due: How distributed energy could save $1bn on grid costs
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.
Victorian network signs up to help rural community go 100% renewable
Victorian network operator Powercor signs MOU to help rural town of Newstead shift to 100% renewable energy by 2021.
First community owned retailer to begin operations after meeting funds target
Enova Community Energy is set to create history and take on the established electricity retailers after raising enough money to begin operations. It will offer solar and storage solutions and help the northern rivers community towards 100% renewable energy.
How equity crowd-funding could transform the community energy sector
How equity crowd-funding reform – if done appropriately could open the floodgates to the community energy sector.
Is this the world’s smartest energy services company?
Kraftwerke provide commercial energy customers with the opportunity to buy and sell their electricity, allowing them to benefit from the price fluctuations in the energy spot market.
In defence of ecovillages: the communities that can teach the world to live sustainably
Some argue that even if everyone on Earth lived in an ecovillage we would still be using too many resources. I am more optimistic — some ecovillages provide a much better blueprint than others.
Hewlett Packard’s data centres go 100% renewable energy
One of the largest information and communication technology (ICT) companies in the US will soon power its five Texas data centers with 100% renewable energy.
The car wash company saving heaps on energy and water costs
With a few changes, a focus on efficiency and solar panels, the Ballina car wash’s electricity bills are down from $6,700 to $2,300. Water consumption in the Lazer Wash is down by 50 per cent.
