One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
Tesla and Octopus Energy launch UK retail offer that promises to deliver a 75% electricity bill discount, as long as you have solar, a Powerwall 2, and preferably a Tesla EV.
AGL Energy extends the reach of its virtual power plant with battery sales and installations for residential customers in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hobsons Bay Council prepares to install nearly 4MW solar across more than 40 buildings, paving way for first local government VPP in metropolitan Melbourne.
Another 3,000 Powerwall batteries installed as South Australia’s Tesla VPP expands to offer grid support services as well as savings for housing estate households.
Western Australia government names all 10 public schools selected to form a solar and battery-based virtual power plant on the state’s South West Interconnected System.
W.A. government plans to transform up to 10 schools into solar and battery enabled virtual power plants kicks off with Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School.
Australian energy storage company teams with carbonTRACK to incorporate Virtual Power Plant functionality into its Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries.
Report on W.A. trial using Power Ledger blockchain technology finds peer-to-peer solar energy trading technically feasible, good for grid and consumers – but unlikely to take off under current network tariff structures.
Solar Victoria says it will expand its home battery rebate scheme starting July to encourage the aggregation of distributed battery systems and pave the way for VPPs in the state.
Australia’s current bushfire crisis has underscored the urgent need to decentralise our electricity grid. Building up networks of household solar batteries is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to get this done.
