Coal mine turned solar farm powers through bushfires, earns Newcastle council $420k
City of Newcastle's 5MW Summerhill solar farm made more than $420,000 between mid-November and end-April, including powering through the January bushfires....
Theme: Communities
Sixth Tesla community battery installed in Western Australia PowerBank trial
Western Australia trial that will offer virtual home energy storage installs 464kWh Tesla battery system in Top 20 Perth solar suburb of Port Kennedy....
Canberra community solar farm set for construction in August
SolarShare signs up Epho Commercial Solar to design and build its long-awaited 1.3MW community solar farm in the Majura Valley in Canberra....
Nillumbik Council tenders for solar farm, possible battery on former landfill site
Plans to build a solar farm on a former landfill site in Melbourne’s north have reached a “key milestone” after the announcement of a request for tender for the project....
Small, smart, community-owned solar farm on cards for NSW High Country
Specialist small PV project developer Meralli Solar and community renewables outfit Farming the Sun are joining forces to build a 9MW solar farm in Uralla, NSW....
Consumers want it, networks need it: Verdict in on world-first blockchain solar trading trial
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....
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....
Why demand response is crucial to smart, renewable grids: the view from California
California Energy Commission's Andrew McAllister talks ‘active efficiency’, a mix of traditional energy efficiency and demand response that will be key smart and renewable future grids....
How green is your electricity? New Australian software identifies origin of supply
A new software platform that will allow consumers to choose the provenance of their renewable electricity supply, and help establish clean energy communities, is set to be rolled out in Australia....
“Australian first” network to deliver renewable electricity and hot water from organic waste
Barwon Water led Renewable Organics Network project will use reclaimed organic waste to produce electricity, hot water and soil improver in Victoria’s south-west....
