A Gold Coast home owner has installed six Tesla Powerwall batteries, to store 98% of the generation from his 24kW rooftop solar system. And the payback? Not bad…
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Welcome to Tesla Town: the new Melbourne suburb with a Powerwall in every home
Homes in Glenvill’s new-build Melbourne development, YarraBend, will have rooftop solar and Tesla Powerwall battery storage as standard features. Is this the new normal for suburbs of the future?
Calculating the return on investment of my Tesla Powerwall battery storage
My assumption was that my rooftop solar system could beat the savings I would get from offsetting my home loan. The Tesla Powerwall would simply ice that cake by increasing self- consumption levels due to power shifting. Here’s how it is turning out.
Greens leader Greg Barber goes solar + Tesla storage to sidestep perverse energy markets
The home of the Victorian Greens leader has become the first in the state to install a Tesla Powerwall battery, alongside a 5kW solar system. Barber says solar plus storage is the only way to tackle Victoria’s “perverse” energy markets.
'Use it or (almost) lose it': Why Australia is a key energy storage market
Among the many inverter and battery storage technologies on show at the All-Energy Australia conference and exhibition last week in Melbourne was a few of the latest offerings from Israeli inverter company, SolarEdge. SolarEdge, which like many other big players in this sector, has lately turned its focus to developing inverter technology that supports solar […]
Vector offers free solar + Tesla storage systems to NZ consumers
NZ network operator launches campaign to give away free 3kW solar systems with Tesla Powerwall batteries to 130 households, community groups and schools.