Should you take your house off grid?
There are several reasons to consider a life off the grid. But you should always consider whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for your household....
Theme: Off-Grid
W.A. gold mine to debut new, portable battery technology
Western Australia gold mine one of first sites in world to test out new, modular lithium-ion battery storage solution by EU-based Aggreko and subsidiary Younicos....
W.A. to fund solar farms in six remote indigenous communities
W.A. government to install up to 4MW of solar across 6 remote indigenous communities, in $11.6m budget plan to slash use of heavy-polluting – heavily subsidised – diesel fuel....
Rio Tinto closes coal plant, shifts to renewables at Utah copper mine
Rio Tinto opts to power Kennecott copper mine in Utah with renewables, via power purchase agreement, after permanently shutting the facility's coal plant....
Black coal museum now powered by solar and battery storage
A 91kW solar, 41kWh battery storage system built to power a black coal mine museum has been launched in Victoria – a living demonstration of Australia's energy transition....
NT completes 10MW solar roll-out to 25 remote indigenous communities
Australia's largest integration of solar – and one 2MWh battery storage system – with off-grid power stations across 25 remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory has been completed....
Major regulatory disruption to embedded networks on the horizon
Draft changes to frameworks regulating embedded networks in NEM propose exempt network service providers and exempt sellers face obligations closely mirroring those of distributers and retailers....
Daintree could be Australia’s first renewable only micro-grid, with help from green hydrogen
Queensland’s world heritage-listed Daintree region could soon host Australian-first solar power to hydrogen gas microgrid, with newly announced federal funding tipped to help make the 100% renewable project shovel ready....
Australia installs its first solar farm in Antarctica – a 30kW vertical array
Desert-based renewables outfit Masdar helps install Australia's first Antarctic solar array – a 105 panel system mounted on a wall at the Casey research station....
Senec tapped to provide home batteries in W.A.'s largest solar + storage microgrid
German-based Senec Australia chosen to supply home battery systems for Horizon Power's cutting edge solar and storage microgrid in the coastal Pilbara town of Onslow....
