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Battery storage sales surge as households seek payback against the grid

Australians are increasingly keen on batteries, but the reasons why signal an ever-widening gap between consumers and industry.

April 9, 2024

Beach towns get state’s first microgrid to deal with blackout, tourist threat

Endeavour Energy launches its first renewable microgrid, a system it hopes will protect the townships from bushfires - and tourist-induced…

December 11, 2023

Rooftop solar and household batteries to take centre stage in rapid energy transition

AEMO's 2022 Integrated System Plan underlines key role distributed solar and storage will play in Australia's energy transition.

June 30, 2022

Plenty of promise for solar households, but ESB report delivers no windfalls

Some mainstream media hot takes on the ESB's long-awaited market redesign paint solar households as big winners. But is that…

August 26, 2021

Regulator reminds networks of multiple ways that rooftop solar benefits the grid

AER reminds electricity networks to factor in the multiple benefits of rooftop solar to the grid when determining the cost…

July 7, 2021

Date set for new solar inverter standards, with tighter controls to follow

Australian Energy Market Commission names date new technical standards for inverters will come into play, signals more changes to come.

February 25, 2021

More solar for everyone: S.A. network operator backs consumer-focused rule changes

SAPN, the distribution network service provider with the highest concentration of rooftop solar on the National Electricity Market, backs consumer-group…

July 16, 2020

Q Cells tips $5m into SwitchDin to tap solar and battery management technology

Newcastle-based SwitchDin secures $5m from global PV giant Q-Cells, which will use the Australian technology to offer vertically integrated distributed…

June 2, 2020

Australia’s distributed solar faces blunt options without the right data

To date, there hasn’t been a framework in place to take advantage of solar and/or storage that is ready to…

June 1, 2020

Evoenergy to trial ACT virtual power plant, tapping customer solar, batteries and EVs

ARENA-backed trial will explore the role of customer-owned distributed energy resources on the electricity network, and how they could be…

March 12, 2020