AGL Energy extends the reach of its virtual power plant with battery sales and installations for residential customers in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
As if to underscore the point, power blackouts rolled across California right after dozens of stakeholders urged state regulators to push harder to get more microgrids built.
US start-up Orison, backed by Origin Energy, hopes to unveil its “plug and play” battery storage that it describes as just another appliance that can be plugged into the wall.
A draft home Battery Performance Standard has been submitted to Standards Australia, after being put together over two years by an industry-wide consortium led by DNV GL.
More than 5,000 solar households apply for battery storage subsidy in just five weeks, in a last-minute rush to access a $6000 discount via state government home battery scheme.
A South Australian clean energy startup has launched software to control the purchase and release of electricity in household grid-powered battery systems.
Tesla data shows how household batteries orchestrated through “virtual power plants” provide critical system security services and respond to price signals to push down costs for all consumers.