Solar and battery schools “test case” fast-tracked in ACT Covid recovery plan
ACT government fast-tracks solar and battery installation at two public schools, to reduce grid demand and school energy costs and provide economic stimulus....
Tag: battery storage
Confused by the home battery market? This should help
DNV GL, CSIRO, Deakin University, and the Smart Energy Council are developing a draft Australian Battery Performance Standard to demystify the market for consumers....
Fimer’s React 2 home battery approved for South Australia scheme
Italian inverter maker Fimer has its li-ion REACT 2 energy storage system approved for the South Australia government's Home Battery Scheme....
Safer, “better” batteries on the cards after Victoria research breakthrough
Deakin-led research team says it has found the ingredients to create safer, more efficient, and higher energy density batteries for use in households and industries....
Redflow says Gen 3 zinc bromine flow battery will be 30% cheaper to make
Redflow says it's using Covid-19 down-time to focus on Gen 3 of ZBM flow battery, which is expected to deliver at least 30% in production cost reductions on current model....
Tesla installs 100,000th Powerwall home battery, sees “inflection” in storage market
Tesla has quietly announced a milestone on the home battery storage front, with the installation of its 100,000th Powerwall notched up in Q1 of 2020....
Tesla Powerwall install kicks off NSW home battery scheme
13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall installed alongside solar at NSW Hunter-region home marks first of up to 300,000 battery systems to be delivered via state’s interest-free loan scheme....
Australians installed 22,661 home battery systems in 2019
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....
Solar and batteries in demand as Coronavirus encourages shift to “self-reliance”
COVID-19 impact on Australia's solar and storage sector may not be all bad, particularly as homes and businesses look for ways to cut energy costs and increase self-reliance....
Goulburn community solar farm wins grant to add battery storage
Plans to add battery storage to a 1.8MW community solar farm planned for Goulburn in NSW can go ahead after the project secured $2.1m grant from the state government....
