AGL sees no mass market for battery storage before 2020, and is not sure Tesla product is suitable for Australia. It concedes it is behind in rooftop solar, but argues this is just one of basket of new technologies that will change consumer energy use. And it doesn’t fear for its coal assets.
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How quickly will households pick up battery storage?
How quickly will households adopt battery storage, and will they be able to use Tesla to get off the grid?
Five graphs that show how battery storage will appeal to households
Five graphs that show why battery storage will appeal to Australian households, and will damage the bottom line of Australian utilities.
Batteries for your PV System: How much do you need?
Just as important as how cheap batteries are getting is another crucial question: how much battery do you need?
Getting by in Sydney blackouts with a little help from solar and storage
Sydney storm has made us realise how much we rely on electricity for so many things and how much we take it for granted.
Defence Housing to create solar suburb in Darwin, ready for EVs
New development to create 337kW solar suburb, producing 600,000kWh of electricity a year and saving Defence members more than $4.1m in electricity costs.
How your local McDonalds could become zero net energy store
Not many people associate fast food with clean energy. But that’s exactly what one of the largest quick-service restaurants in the world is exploring. RMI recently completed a net-zero-energy study for McDonald’s, which explores how to offset the energy consumption of an entire restaurant with renewable energy. Working alongside the net-zero-energy visionaries at New Buildings Institute (NBI) and […]
Why battery system costs may fall 3x faster than solar PV
Everyone, it seems, agrees that battery storage is the next big thing to affect global energy markets. What is not agreed upon is the timing. Some think this may happen in a few years, others in a decade or more. Some think it is happening now. The big question for many is how quickly battery […]
Flinders Island to go 60% renewable with portable storage system
Another Bass Strait island is set to begin the shift to renewables, with Hydro Tasmania confirming it would soon start developing a “hybrid energy hub” combining wind, solar and storage on Flinders Island – an off-grid community 54 kilometres off Tasmania’s north east coast. Hydro Tasmania, which has had great success with a similar project […]