Brisbane Lions awarded two government funded batteries, to store solar from a huge on-site array and take part in Momentum Energy’s virtual power plant.
Brisbane Lions score two community batteries to play footy when the sun don’t shine
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Rooftop solar, batteries, pool pumps, hot water: Arena backs 510MW household VPP
A virtual power plant made up of rooftop solar, car batteries, pool pumps and hot water systems is expected to save electric homes hundreds of dollars.
Free online calculator to count huge savings from going electric and quitting gas
Free online tool will help households understand when and why to electrify everything – and how the humble hot water heat pump can crush power costs.
How closely monitoring home energy data can be a major win for solar households
A long-term Arena project aims to answer a key question: how much data do network operators need to allow rooftop solar export flexibility?
Australia-first community battery trial delivers bill savings and some key lessons
An Australian-first ARENA-backed community battery storage trial in WA has achieved its main objectives, but might be most valuable for the lessons learnt.
Which home batteries are best? Lessons learned from five years of independent testing
Not all batteries are created equal. ITP Renewables’ ARENA-backed Battery Test Centre in Canberra has been putting home batteries through their paces for five years. Here are the key lessons learned.
Australia’s first remote, renewable hydrogen microgrid wins ARENA backing
Horizon Power W.A. plans to build Australia’s first remote microgrid using renewable hydrogen generation have won funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Net-zero energy – and zero gas – solar housing project backed by ARENA
ARENA-backed project will build 51 all-electric, high-efficiency solar homes in south-west Sydney that will generate more power than they consume.
Solar for Salvos: ARENA pilot shares cheap renewables with NGOs
ARENA backed pilot will use Melbourne-based Allume Energy’s solar sharing technology in a pilot project with The Salvation Army and Green Peak Energy.
ARENA-backed rooftop solar “power station” switched on and playing both sides of meter
Epho Commercial Solar’s 1.7MW “urban solar plant” built to demonstrate the “tens of gigawatts” of potential for solar power generation on Australia’s industrial rooftops, has been completed and commissioned in Sydney’s west.
