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Australia-first community battery trial delivers bill savings and some key lessons
An Australian-first ARENA-backed community battery storage trial in WA has achieved its main objectives, but might be most valuable for the lessons learnt.
New Tesla community battery trial will allow solar homes to bank their stored energy
Western Power and Synergy have kicked off a third community battery trial, this time offering up to 600 homes virtual solar storage via nine new PowerBank installations.
Daytime power tariffs slashed to just eight cents a kWh to soak up rooftop solar
Synergy to offer a “Midday Saver” tariff of just 8c/kWh in a bid to help soak up the abundant rooftop solar energy supply.
Tesla community battery installed in Busselton – first for W.A. South West region
A fifth PowerBank battery installed by W.A. to help balance the state’s grid, allow more customers to install solar, and offer a “community” storage option to local solar homes.
W.A. installs first Tesla community battery in state’s Goldfields region
Western Power installs first of 10 grid-connected PowerBank “community batteries” in Kalgoorlie-Bolder to support uptake of more solar and help smooth the grid.
Tesla “community batteries” extended to more W.A. suburbs in shared storage trial
Synergy and Western Power extend “shared storage” trial to two more W.A. suburbs, after initial Tesla community battery install proves a huge success.
World-leading rooftop solar trading trial kicks off in Fremantle
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.