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NSW takes lead on rooftop solar as CSIRO maps record 2020 data

Where was all that solar installed in the record year for rooftop PV that was 2020? CSIRO has Australia's top…

May 13, 2021

Energizer names Australian price, distributor for home battery offering

Price and local distributor named as Energizer prepares to launch its 6.1kWh Homepower battery in Australia and globally.

October 8, 2020

CSIRO goes 100 per cent solar, telescopes and all

CSIRO signs long-term deal with Zen Energy to power some of its most iconic sites, including its telescopes, from two…

September 30, 2020

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…

May 8, 2020

How solar is saving Horizon Power from crippling fossil fuel subsidies

Solar plant at Meekatharra eases crippling cost burden of diesel generation, as "cloud predictive" technology allows W.A. gold town to…

May 29, 2019

Canberra Deep Space complex to go solar, as CSIRO launches tender

NASA-owned, CSIRO-operated Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is looking to go solar, via a power purchase agreement and a purpose…

December 4, 2018

CSIRO tenders for 2MW more rooftop solar, to cut energy costs by nearly $1m a year

CSIRO reveals plans to add further 1MW of rooftop solar at Canberra Black Mountain facility, and another 1.2MW across its…

October 22, 2018

CSIRO virtual power station trial cuts household power costs by 60%

Households taking part in a CSIRO designed Virtual Power Station trial have used solar, battery storage, energy monitoring to save…

February 6, 2018

Australia's biggest battery system delivered to WA astronomy hub

Carnegie Clean Energy adds 2.6MWh battery storage system to 1.6MW solar system at CSIRO's Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.

June 1, 2017

Households will power half the grid by 2050, networks admit

Report from Australia's main network lobby and CSIRO suggests that by 2050, nearly half of all future generation – and…

December 7, 2016