One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Report on W.A. trial using Power Ledger blockchain technology finds peer-to-peer solar energy trading technically feasible, good for grid and consumers – but unlikely to take off under current network tariff structures.
Connected Communities deal to start with 62-apartment complex in Inglewood, made 100% renewable through embedded network of solar and storage.
Blockchain will be used to certify renewable energy trading in a partnership struct between Australian Power Ledger and French utility ekWateur.
Peer-to-peer trading specialist Power Ledger inks major deal to roll out its blockchain-based technology on commercial scale in South Australia via upstart energy retailer Powerclub.
P2P software platform to be trialled across nine commercial and one council site in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region – a first for the Perth-based solar sharing company.
A 100% renewable residential development in W.A. will feature blockchain-ready solar homes, a microgrid supply network for water and power and – in what is being claimed as an Australian first – a shared on-site 670kWh battery.
WA energy minister launches “world-first” active, billed, peer-to-peer trading trial allowing 40 households to buy and sell rooftop solar energy generated on their rooftops, across the grid.
The retail outlets of ASX listed Vicinity Centres could soon sell solar energy, too, after adding Power Ledger’s energy sharing technology to their massive solar and battery storage plans.
Blockchain technology by Perth-based Power Ledger to be used to coordinate solar, battery storage and water services in urban-scale trial.
Origin Energy will trial peer-to-peer solar energy trading using the blockchain-based platform of Perth start-up Power Ledger.
