off-grid

Get in on the ground floor: how apartments can join the solar boom

Getting your strata committee to agree to solar panels is tricky, but it can be done.

June 23, 2017

WA national park taken off-grid by local network

Horizon Power's stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.

June 20, 2017

A natural home, in the heart of the city

Author Christopher Brown talks about climate change, wildlife and how he built an underground home in Austin, Texas.

June 6, 2017

Indonesia’s pioneering community-owned off-grid PV: A model for the future?

A 1.2 MW hybrid plant is currently under development in a remote area of Indonesia aiming to provide 24-hours access…

May 26, 2017

AusNet trial successfully takes part of Melbourne suburb off-grid

Eight homes successfully separated from main electricity grid and operated as stand-alone solar and battery storage powered mini-grid, in Melbourne…

May 10, 2017

Why electric vehicles are the new air conditioners

EVs are quickly becoming one of the largest flexible loads on the grid in some areas, with growth that parallels…

May 9, 2017

Get data before spending up on home energy infrastructure

I'm not sure batteries are a club that I or any other home energy consumer should be rushing to join...…

May 4, 2017

Why every Australian town should have its own wind or solar farm

Imagining an Australia where every town is running off its own renewable energy projects is slowly becoming a reality, and…

May 1, 2017

Off grid vs network-connected: A Queensland community divided

A Daintree Rainforest community's decades long campaign to get network supplied power has caught the attention of the federal energy…

April 27, 2017

Going virtual – not off grid – the solution to 21st Century power

Consumers want to take back control of their power supply, but is going off grid really the best use of…

April 24, 2017