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Flinders Island makes switch to renewables, with solar, wind and energy storage Hub
Flinders Island’s Hybrid Energy Hub – with 900kW wind, 200kW solar PV plus battery storage and a flywheel – is already taking the previously diesel powered Tasmanian island to levels of 80% renewables, and should manage to supply 100 per cent of demand before the year is out.
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.
Victorian school installs 500kW rooftop solar system
United Solar Energy wins tender to install 500kW rooftop PV system at Northern Bay College in Geelong, as more and more Australian schools turn to solar.
Stockland begins "Australia's largest" property solar roll-out
Australian property giant Stockland begins work on the first of 10 major commercial solar arrays it is installing on shopping centres across Australia – a 1.6MW project in Cairns.
What is electricity resilience worth to you?
As the global microgrid market takes off, It’s crucial each customer knows what power loss costs them as they weigh their need for a microgrid.
How a Melbourne apartment building cut its energy consumption in half
Melbourne retiree offers salutary lesson on how much energy and money – $140,000 a year – can be saved, just by changing light bulbs and applying the most basic energy management upgrades.
Off-grid in Brisbane: How one family beat the bill
Coalition’s new energy policy appears to lock in Australia’s extraordinary high energy costs for at least another decade. This will encourage more households and businesses to turn to solar, or even leave the grid altogether. Here is how one Brisbane family quit the grid.
Battery storage? Australia's rooftop solar boom has only just begun
The buzz might be about batteries, but the mass adoption of solar PV by Australian homes has only just begun, as prices reach levels that appeal to the late majority, and as early adopters look to upsize their systems.
How a Republican Mayor turned his struggling California city into a clean energy powerhouse
California produces more solar power per capita than any other city in California, and it is close to producing more renewable energy than it uses.