One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Another Melbourne residential development featuring Tesla Powerwalls in every house. This time the batteries will be connected to a network, and stored solar energy will be shared. A Tesla micro-grid, if you will.
South Korean company with biggest share of Australian grid-connected battery storage market has released new range, from stackable 3.3kWh lithium-ion to 9.8kWh.
Indigenous renewable tech company AllGrid Energy to partner with energy management start-up Redback Technologies to give Australia’s remote indigenous communities energy reliability and self-sufficiency.
Homes in Glenvill’s new-build Melbourne development, YarraBend, will have rooftop solar and Tesla Powerwall battery storage as standard features. Is this the new normal for suburbs of the future?
Northern Territory $20m Home Improvement Scheme offers up to $2,000 rebate on home improvements including purchase of rooftop solar and battery storage.
Redflow boss Simon Hackett urges states to provide incentive for solar households to trade in their premium feed in tariffs for battery storage.
Australia’s Redback Technologies says its new generation smart investors can dramatically improve self consumption and payback times for rooftop solar, and optimise use of battery storage systems.
Let’s remove the emotion for a minute and take a close look at the economics of the decision whether or not to get a solar PV and battery system.
Simon Hackett takes delivery of 660kWh Redflow battery system at his Adelaide headquarters, giving company four days of power, and solar charging for his Tesla.
My assumption was that my rooftop solar system could beat the savings I would get from offsetting my home loan. The Tesla Powerwall would simply ice that cake by increasing self- consumption levels due to power shifting. Here’s how it is turning out.
