New suburb in the ACT has laid claim to being Australia’s first to have made a minimum of 3kW rooftop solar mandatory on every new-build home. And now they’re adding battery storage, too.
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How many Teslas does it take to black out an apartment block?
City of Sydney backs study by local start-up, Wattblock, into how Australia’s apartment buildings will accommodate – and power – mass EV uptake.
Ergon adds new retail tariff to home solar and storage trial
Qld solar and storage trial goes into third phase, with new retail product – Tariff 14 – designed to help guide customer energy consumption.
Tesla says Powerwall 2 battery storage deliveries have begun
Tesla says installations of its Powerwall 2 home battery systems have begun in Australia, and will ramp up this month.
Tesla adds energy monitoring to mobile app as customers await Powerwall 2 delivery
Tesla mobile app update allows Powerwall owners to monitor and manage their solar and battery storage “power flow”.
Rooftop solar enjoys second boom as fossil fuel scare campaign backfires
The fossil fuel industry’s scare campaign over renewable energy has seen households and businesses flocking to install solar on their roofs.
New standard could restrict and add costs to extra solar and battery storage
New Australia-wide standard gives networks power to limit size of household solar systems – and could push up prices for AC-coupled battery storage products from Tesla, Enphase, Selectronic and others.
Tasmania installs 1MW commercial solar array as residential market "rockets"
Nest Energy has installed Tasmania’s largest rooftop solar array, a 1MW system on a commercial building in Launceston. Meanwhile, the company says the residential market for solar and storage in the state is “going like a rocket.”
Solar and storage: LG Chem says it already cheaper than grid
LG Chem says that solar and battery storage is already beating grid power in most states.
LA city raises rooftop solar mandate, requires “zero net energy” homes
The northern LA city of Lancaster now requires new homes to have enough rooftop solar to meet all of their energy needs.
