What will happen when my feed in tariff ends? We did the numbers to see how battery storage could help our solar system minimise our bills.
Battery storage and electricity bills in a post-FiT world
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A Tesla Powerwall with my rooftop solar? I'll take SIX
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…
Redflow reports strong interest in household flow battery technology
Redflow’s Simon Hackett sees strong interest in Australian flow battery technology, and is rolling up his sleeves and giving installation instructions himself.
Tesla "glamping" in the Australian outback
One couple’s experience of travelling the North-West coastal highway in their Tesla Model S using only the power supply available along the way – and sometimes camping in the boot.
Tesla explains why EVs selling electricity to grid not as good as it sounds
Tesla says it doesn’t make economic sense for EVs to send electricity back to the grid, but concedes that “dynamic charging” of EVs at times convenient to the grid is coming.
Tesla glamping? How to convert your Model S into a 5-star tent
A subculture of Tesla Model S drivers is discovering the joys, and tribulations, of converting their $US145,000 Model S into a very fancy tent.
Household battery storage costs: So near and yet so far
Our cost of energy charts for battery storage suggest Tesla is now in the middle of the pack, Enphase looks relatively cheap and none of them is cheap enough.
Tesla releases full list of Model X prices ahead of EV's arrival in Australia
While the car is yet arrive on Australian shores, the full list of prices for Tesla’s Model X has been released, ranging from $A120,000 – $A210,000.
First home to get Tesla Powerwall gets its first energy bill – and the saving is…
The Sydney Pfitzner family has received its first full electricity bill since it became the world’s first home to install a Tesla Powerwall battery. And the result is… “not too shabby”!
Musk’s energy master plan: Is this the beginning of the end of the utility?
Elon Musk wants to take his vision of a “smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility” to a global scale. With Australia already targeted as a key battery market by Tesla, should its utilities be worried?
