community battery

Local network battery meets booming rooftop solar demand in regional coal town

A local network battery gets to work in a town that hosts the state's biggest coal plant, but also –…

July 12, 2023

Australia’s first “notable” town is now at the bleeding edge of the solar and storage revolution

Maldon is famous for being largely unchanged since the 1850s. But on energy, the small goldrush-era town is hurtling into…

June 29, 2023

Community batteries are popular, but do they actually help share power?

Sometimes – and in some parts of the grid – community batteries make sense. At other times, they may not…

May 17, 2023

ACT launches tender for community battery to support all-electric solar suburb

ACT launches stage one of tender to develop a community-scale battery to support homes and the grid in one of…

November 16, 2022

NSW coal town trials Tesla community battery to store “clean, reliable” solar

Ausgrid unveils third community battery in NSW trial, says it expects to see "hundreds ... potentially 1000s" more like it…

August 15, 2022

Networks push community batteries as smarter and fairer than solar tax

Why some network companies are encouraging community batteries, to soak up excess rooftop solar, rather than a solar tax.

April 14, 2022

Powercor turns to community batteries to boost solar exports in PV hotspots

One of Australia's top rooftop solar postcodes will be the site of a new community battery, as Victorian networks plan…

August 23, 2021

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…

August 19, 2021

Community-owned battery launches in Yackandandah – Victoria’s first

A community battery that will underpin the 100% renewable plans of Yackandandah has been officially launched, alongside a 64kW rooftop…

July 8, 2021

Energy Queensland to trial five grid-connected batteries in high solar zones

Energy Queensland to trial network-connected batteries in five regional locations that will host a total of 40MWh of storage capacity…

March 25, 2021