Here’s a summary of new batteries and new energy storage systems that have been announced in Australia in June and July 2016.
Australia battery storage comparison table – July update
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First home to get Tesla Powerwall gets its first energy bill – and the saving is…
The Sydney Pfitzner family has received its first full electricity bill since it became the world’s first home to install a Tesla Powerwall battery. And the result is… “not too shabby”!
NSW solar bonus scheme ends this year: what are your options?
As NSW’s relatively generous solar rates come to a close, 150,000-odd solar homes are looking to make the transition as painless as possible. So what are your options? We break them down for you.
A 10-step guide to going off grid – from your utility
Ergon Energy provides guide to households considering using solar and battery storage to quit the grid. It says it doesn’t want to scare customers into staying with them, but there are 10 things people should consider first.
Musk’s energy master plan: Is this the beginning of the end of the utility?
Elon Musk wants to take his vision of a “smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility” to a global scale. With Australia already targeted as a key battery market by Tesla, should its utilities be worried?
ZEN Energy wins $1m battery storage tender for SA govt buildings
Adelaide company ZEN Energy wins contract to install more than 500kWh of li-ion battery storage at three government-owned buildings in Adelaide.
Sydney student housing co-op to get 30kW solar, 43kWh Enphase battery storage
Solaray selected for Australian-first project to install 30kW of solar and 43.2kWh of Enphase li-ion battery storage at student housing co-op.
Five things to consider for solar homes coming off premium FiTs
With more than 275,000 solar households set to come off premium feed-in tariffs. A new report offers advice on how to cushion the blow.
AllGrid Energy, Redback Technologies join forces to deliver remote solar solutions
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.
First Enphase battery storage system installed in Sydney house
Enphase Energy has installed its first battery storage beta system at a house in Sydney, in final phase of testing of the US-made technology before mass market rollout.
