One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
New data shows Victoria closed out a Covid-addled 2020 with records for solar battery rebate uptake and installation, with fortnightly allocations of discounted home batteries now being “snapped up.”
New SonnenBatterie 10 home energy storage range unveiled in Germany, including a three-phase “islanding” solution that turns a home into a solar “power station” if the grid fails.
Australian households invested in almost two-and-a-half “Big Batteries” worth of home energy storage in 2019, installing 22,661 systems over the course of the year with a total capacity of 233MWh, and taking further control over their energy supply.
Nearly one month in to Victoria’s battery rebate, barely one-quarter of the allotted applications has been filled – in stark contrast with the solar panels offer, which was filled within days.
ASX-listed Redflow announces two new supply deals for 38 of its zinc-bromine flow batteries – including one with Optus to help power a mobile phone tower in FNQ.
Industry reports suggest more and more Australian households are choosing to quit the grid, and they’re doing so for a mixed bag of reasons.
Adding more solar and/or batteries to your rooftop solar system is a complicated business. We have put together a tool to narrow down your range of options – and help you make the right decision.
In December 2016, I added 6.5kW of rooftop solar and a Tesla Powerwall 1 battery and became part of the Reposit Power, ACTewAGL Virtual Big Battery in Canberra. Here’s what happened next.
German battery storage specialist VARTA enters Australia market, attracted by huge solar uptake and growing push to “aggregated” systems.
University to install 1.2MW of solar and a 0.5MW/2MWh vanadium flow redox battery system, cut its grid electricity consumption by 40%.
