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Smart meters for everyone? Authorities say they are a must for green grid
Major review calls for 100% uptake of smart meters across Australia’s National Electricity Market by 2030. So why do we need them and how might it be done?
NT prepares to launch first virtual power plant on Alice Springs grid
The Northern Territory gears up to deliver its first ever solar and battery virtual power plant, after signing up SwitchDin to help deliver the ground-breaking trial.
Microgrids could help communities weather the next disaster
The devastating floods have cut off power for tens of thousands of people across New South Wales and Queensland. But this doesn’t have to keep happening.
Q Cells launches “sleek” new home battery in Australia, links in with Victoria VPP
Hanwha Q Cells taps Australia for international debut of new home battery system, Q.Home Core, with first batch taking part in a virtual power plant pilot in Victoria.
Lost power in a bushfire or storm? UNSW wants to hear all about it
UNSW study wants to hear people’s experiences – both good and bad – when the electricity grid has failed, in a bid to help build energy resilience for vulnerable communities.
Autonomous Energy emerges from administration with management buyout
One of the sector’s oldest and most successful companies has been pulled out of administration and given a new start under management ownership.
Virtual microgrids test feasibility of powering farms with renewables
Four virtual microgrids will test the feasibility of using stand-alone renewables and storage to power different agricultural applications in Queensland and NSW.
Mining majors pledge to electrify industry with renewables, batteries, EVs
Fourteen companies join forces to decarbonise Australian mining industry and to help it harness the benefits of renewables, storage and electric vehicles.
Retailer’s first “shared” community battery to be located in NSW coal country
Enova Community Energy names Kurri Kurri, in NSW Hunter Region, as the site for its first “shared battery” – a part of the retailer’s peer-to-peer solar trading trial.
