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P2P energy sharing start-up brings Brooklyn Microgrid smarts to Australia

November 4, 2016 by Sophie Vorrath 1 Comment

US pioneers of blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading, LO3, set up in Byron Bay with plans to trial its TransActive Grid technology in Australia.

Filed Under: Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, Solar

My first weeks with rooftop solar and battery storage

October 19, 2016 by Giles Parkinson 13 Comments

A little over six months after I moved into a new home I have installed a combination of rooftop solar and battery storage. It’s amazing what a little bit of storage can achieve.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

Solar + battery storage keep Melbourne home powered, babies in milk

October 18, 2016 by Sophie Vorrath 2 Comments

Melbourne mother of a newborn baby, whose solar and storage system kept her powered across a two-day outage, used Facebook to share her good fortune with others.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

Urth Energy offers variable wholesale price for household solar exports

October 3, 2016 by Giles Parkinson 2 Comments

Boutique retailer Urth Energy offers customers chance to cash in on wholesale rates of electricity when exporting their solar power back to the grid.

Filed Under: Solar

Solar and storage in apartment blocks: innovations and road blocks

August 17, 2016 by Bjorn Sturmberg Leave a Comment

Solar and storage installations on Australian apartment blocks make up one of the largest and most rapidly growing sectors in our cities. So why aren’t we hearing more about them?

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

Millennials want solar, storage, shared energy – and an app for all that

August 17, 2016 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

A recent Accenture survey has asked Millennials – Australia’s second-largest cohort after Gen X – what they want from their energy providers. The answers are a clarion call to those utilities and retailers who still believe business-as-usual will do.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar

Giant leaps for solar and storage in low income communities

August 3, 2016 by David Labrador and Kendall Ernst Leave a Comment

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President Obama’s announcement of the Clean Energy Savings will bring 1,000 megawatts of solar energy to low- and moderate-income customers, that has thus far struggled to enjoy the benefits of the clean energy revolution.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables

NY community microgrid to allow peer-to-peer rooftop solar trading

March 16, 2016 by Sophie Vorrath 3 Comments

A start-up called the Brooklyn Microgrid is developing a ground-breaking software and hardware platform that will allow locally connected residents to buy and sell renewable energy from rooftop solar installations.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

Shared solar start-up in renewed push to get PV on rented rooftops

March 11, 2016 by Sophie Vorrath 1 Comment

Developers of shared solar technology unveil new digital platform to make path to solar less complicated for Australia’s 2.4m rental properties, calculating size of system, savings and ROI.

Filed Under: Solar, Tariffs

Strawbale house: thermal efficiency, solar hydronic heating and great acoustics

September 30, 2015 by Emma Sutcliffe Leave a Comment

Evacuated solar tubes

The largest straw-bale home in the southern hemisphere has solar hydronic heating and excellent acoustics – a great asset for people in the audio and music business.

Filed Under: Solar

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