Australians are increasingly keen on batteries, but the reasons why signal an ever-widening gap between consumers and industry.
Battery storage sales surge as households seek payback against the grid
distributed energy resources
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 blackouts.
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.
AEMO set to go live with Australia’s first distributed energy database
Australian Energy Market Operator launching nation’s first detailed database of rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles and other consumer-owned resources.
Australia-wide energy management trial to give power to consumers, visibility to networks
Cutting-edge technologies to be rolled out to thousands of Australian households, business and schools, in 3-year project led by Sydney-based Wattwatchers.
GreenSync teams with Enphase to show consumers are “up” for solar trading
GreenSync strikes deal for solar trading platform for customers of US battery and micro-inverter maker Enphase Energy.
AEMO opens registrations for major virtual power plant trial
Australian Energy Market Operator opens registrations to participate in ARENA-funded virtual power plant demonstration program.
Some initial musings about my own rooftop solar learning exercise
Managing huge distributed energy generation data volumes is a challenge for industry and consumers alike. But it also represents a big opportunity to do things better.
Hurricanes underline need for distributed solar for grid resilience
During natural disasters, access to electricity is more critical than ever, a growing body of evidence suggests that states and countries that replace old, costly fossil-fired generators found greater reliability and resilience at lower costs.
Solar and battery storage on Horizon: WA utility launches two major trials
Two trials by Horizon Power test grid value of distributed solar and storage, and role of utility-scale battery storage in smoothing and supporting an increasingly renewables-integrated network.
