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Explainer: 12 things to know about Tesla’s world’s biggest virtual power plant
How will the Tesla virtual power plant work? Who benefits and why will households pay so much for solar and storage on their rooftops? These and other questions about the world’s largest VPP.
Solar Insiders Podcast February 7
A look insider Tesla’s world’s biggest virtual power plants, and why Craig Kelly gets a Zero for his barmy comments about electric vehicles.
Healing with solar in Puerto Rico
As Puerto Rico’s hospitals languish without power more than four months after Hurricane Maria, a team of clean-energy evangelists are working to use solar power to rebuild.
"State's biggest" solar + battery storage microgid to power SA Produce Markets
A $10.5m microgid combining 2.5MW solar PV, 4.2MWh of Tesla battery packs, 2.5MW diesel generator will power SA wholesale fruit and vege market, save stall holders $500k a year.
Australia hits new rooftop solar high as homes and businesses get smart – and go big
Australian homes and businesses installed a record monthly total of 120MW of rooftop solar in November, beating the all-time high set in June 2012 and rounding off what is now certain to be a record breaking year.
Todae lands 1.8MW rooftop array as Stockland aims for 12MW solar
Todae Solar has landed what is likely to be one of the largest rooftop solar installations in Australia – a 1.87MW expansion of the array on top of the Green Hills shopping centre in Sydney, as owner Stockland aims for 12.3MW of rooftop solar across its portfolio. Stockland has already installed 2.3MW on the rooftops […]
"Shame on you:" Frydenberg admits he doesn't have rooftop solar
Malcolm Turnbull has it, Parliament House has it, even Cory Bernardi has it! But not our federal energy and environment minister. A 60 Minutes interview on Sunday revealed that Josh Frydenberg has not installed rooftop solar at his family home – and why.
Solar and battery microgrid powers farm through California wildfires
When an islanded microgrid at Stone Edge Farm near Sonoma kept operating for 10 days through California fires and grid outages, the operators seized the opportunity to learn as much as possible from the surprises they encountered.
Battery-powered pizza: Beating network squeeze with 10 Tesla Powerwalls
Domino’s Pizza franchise in western Sydney installs “world’s largest” commercial Tesla Powerwall 2 battery system for half the price of a grid upgrade. Is this the new normal for small businesses?
