As Hurricane Ian wreaks havoc in the US, a Berkeley Lab team explores what it takes for homes and buildings to ride out long power outages with solar and batteries.
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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 battery storage only during daylight hours.
Redback unveils two new home batteries with “more storage”
Two new lithium-ion home batteries – 9.6kwh and 14kWh – launched in Sydney ahead of going on sale in the second half of 2021.
Tasmania’s Maria Island to be powered by solar and battery microgrid
Tasmania government calls for tenders to design and build a solar and battery system at the World Heritage-listed “island national park,” Maria Island.
Off-grid battery to shift NT Titjikala community to solar only, by day
A 970kWh battery added to existing 400kW solar array expected to take remote Northern Territory Indigenous community almost entirely off its diesel power supply.
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 renewable solutions.
Risen Energy joins bid to deliver solar and storage for bushfire victims
Risen Energy joins 5B, Tesla, Enphase, and software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes in bid to power bushfire-affected communities with stand-alone solar and storage.
Africa gold mine to install huge solar and battery system, slash fuel costs
Canadian gold-mining company B2Gold to install one of world’s largest off-grid solar battery hybrid systems at the Fekola gold mine in Mali.
Hanwha Q Cells launches integrated solar, battery, inverter package
Korea’s Hanwha Q Cells launches integrated solar panel, hybrid inverter and li-ion battery package – Q.Home – on the Australian market.
Lord Howe Island to get solar and storage microgrid, but no wind turbines
A microgrid comprising 1.2MW solar, 3.2MWh battery storage will go ahead soon on Lord Howe Island, two years after a controversial wind turbine ban brought the project to a halt.