I have been off grid for over 30 years, starting with just one 40W panel made in Australia from American components. Now an age pensioner, I finally have all the appliances I only used to dream of – like an electric fridge, a washing machine, e-bikes and trikes, power tools.
solar plus storage
Solar + Tesla battery storage offered in new-build Queensland homes
Metricon becomes latest Australian housing developer to offer rooftop solar and storage as optional extra in new-build homes in Queensland.
Tasmania installs 1MW commercial solar array as residential market "rockets"
Nest Energy has installed Tasmania’s largest rooftop solar array, a 1MW system on a commercial building in Launceston. Meanwhile, the company says the residential market for solar and storage in the state is “going like a rocket.”
Solar and battery storage set to power Victorian water plant
North East Water launches tender for solar and battery storage system to power Yackandandah water treatment plant – testing the water for the entire national sector.
Resorting to solar and storage: When the view is perfect, but the grid isn't
Resorts that use solar plus storage are on the rise, as remote vacation spots try to attract green leaning patrons and guarantee their comfort.
Battery storage to be "standard" in new-build houses within years
Key solar and building industry player CSR Bradford says solar and battery storage will be standard features in all new-build homes in Australian in just a few years.
GreenSync energy monitoring technology added to Melbourne mini-grid trial
The energy management technology of Victorian company, GreenSync, will be used in a ground-breaking suburban Melbourne solar and battery storage trial that aims to take part of a Melbourne suburb off-grid.
Power struggle: First Nations fight to stay on country, and off grid
Astronomical electricity bills are so often the final straw for Australia’s remote Indigenous communities, consuming more than half of families’ annual income and, in some cases, driving them off country. But with the help of renewables, they’re taking the power back.
Solar + storage microgrids to power two WA indigenous communities
A JV between Energy Made Clean and Aboriginal corporation Eastern Guruma has won the contract to install solar and battery storage microgrids at two Fitzroy Valley communities.
Battery price war sees Tesla Powerwall 2 beaten even before first deliveries
Battery storage prices are trending downward as newcomers to the Australian market follow the Tesla Powerwall 2 to lower and lower price points.
