One Step Off The Grid. Solar, storage and distributed energy news

1 day ago · Clearly, the economics of going all electric are improving. If industry does not realise that residential solar makes sense economically, and takes measures to reward consumers to stay connected to the grid, I imagine more consumers will disconnect from it and less people will pay for the expenses involved in maintaining the poles and wires.

2 days ago · Now that 2024 has shed its skin and the year of the Snake has begun, I am wondering whether 2025 will be the year of the domestic battery. Over recent decades, we have seen a boom in solar panel installations. As panels became better and cheaper, they became more widely used. What began as a […]

Jan 20, 2025 · For those who can afford it, adding a battery could beat the “sun tax” that will further deplete the once-generous rate of return for rooftop solar pioneers. A third of Australia’s households have rooftop solar and almost three quarters of the output has historically been exported into the ...

Nov 14, 2024 · Solar cake! Image source: Leigh Heaney, Smart Energy Council “The four millionth solar installation is an incredible milestone for Australia and another sign of how the Albanese Government’s Reliable Renewables Plan to bring on more of the cheapest and cleanest form of energy is working for Australian households.”

Nov 13, 2024 · A more than $15 million bid to add large-scale solar and battery storage to the power systems of six regional Western Australia towns has been completed, with the installation of a 758kW PV system and 336kWh BESS in Norseman.

Feb 21, 2023 · Once again I dived head-long into how I could replace this gas-fueled relic with a greener, cleaner, cheaper to run, solution. The sticking point for this choice was that installing a smart, efficient, electric cooling and heating system was going to cost four times the price of replacing a like-for-like gas system (Ouch!)

Sep 12, 2024 · What’s more, electric vehicles are essentially large “batteries on wheels”. They can be plugged in at home to provide backup power in blackouts, or at times of peak demand.. Government incentives are also needed here to drive the further uptake of electric vehicles in the domestic, commercial and industry sector.

Nov 27, 2024 · Sungrow says it has supplied the 17MW/19MWh battery energy storage system for Australia’s largest off-grid renewable power system at a lithium mine in remote Western Australia.

In a ground-breaking move, the Electrify 2515 Community Pilot has secured $5.4 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to help run a world-first electrification project in a small coastal region south of Sydney.