microgrid

Solar and battery microgrid on track to power off-grid town of Jabiru

Works begin on Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project, the solar and battery components of which should supply the off-grid NT town…

August 2, 2021

US airport goes “off-grid” with solar hybrid microgrid

Pittsburgh International Airport becomes world's first to be completely powered by an onsite natural gas and solar microgrid, to isolate it…

July 21, 2021

Solar and battery microgrid takes WA town to 100% renewables in Australian first

Western Australia again demonstrates its remote renewables leadership by powering Pilbara town of Onslow entirely on solar and battery storage.

June 18, 2021

Battery joins wind-based microgrid to help WA town quit diesel

Remote Western Australia coastal town of Coral Bay chips away at diesel dependence with addition of lithium-ion battery system to…

June 11, 2021

Virtual microgrids test feasibility of powering farms with renewables

Four virtual microgrids will test the feasibility of using stand-alone renewables and storage to power different agricultural applications in Queensland…

May 27, 2021

Can solar and batteries take this WA gas hub to 100% renewables?

Western Australia utility Horizon Power to take a second shot at running the Pilbara town of Onslow on solar and…

May 13, 2021

Tesla to build community microgrid in clever twist on pollution penalty

Tesla will build a community microgrid in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of an unusual penalty for air…

May 13, 2021

WA breaks ground on Australia’s first renewable hydrogen microgrid

Works have begun on what will become Australia’s first community microgrid to incorporate renewable hydrogen, a $9.3 million project in…

May 12, 2021

Ergon to shift Thursday Island from diesel to renewable microgrids

Queensland utility calls for expressions of interest for renewable energy solutions for two diesel fuel-dependent remote communities.

April 30, 2021

NT to shift all remote communities to renewable microgrids

NT government to establish competitive tender process to transition scores of remote indigenous communities to renewable-based power systems by 2030.

April 12, 2021