2nd October 2020 An 87-panel vertical solar array has been installed at a residential apartment building in Melbourne, to get around the dual problems of unsuitable roof space and high power bills. The unusual system – one of few in…
ACT government to build first all-electric hospital, powered by renewables
18th September 2020 The ACT government has announced that a new $500 million hospital being built in Canberra’s south will be all-electric, ruling out the use of gas for heating and cooling equipment, allowing the hospital to become one of…
World-first fossil-free steel manufacturing plant completed in Sweden
8th September 2020 The global production of zero emissions steel has taken a massive step forward, with a world leading Swedish project completing the construction of a world-first fossil-free steel pilot plant in Luleå, Sweden. Three Swedish firms came together…
One of world’s biggest inland floating solar systems begins construction in Singapore
21st August 2020 Construction has begun on what is being called one of the world’s largest inland floating solar PV systems, a 60MW project on the Tengeh Reservoir in Singapore, which is also one of the first in the world…
Iconic AC Cobra sports car goes electric
12th July 2020 English sports car brand AC Cars has just launched an electric version of its iconic AC Cobra that looks identical to the original 1962 AC Cobra, The new AC Cobra will sport a number of upgrades to bring it…
ITP battery test does your homework for you
2nd July 2020 With more than two million Australian households already installing rooftop solar pv, we have become world-leaders in distributed energy. Now home batteries are emerging as the next front in the home energy revolution. But with the popular…
Virtual Power Plant Package Battery Upgrades Available
12th May 2020 Multiple states across Australia have been given the opportunity to be a part of the government backed virtual power plant package offering. Companies including Origin Energy, AGL and various others electricity retailers in Victoria, South Australia, New…
Redflow zinc bromine batteries help take W.A. farm off-grid
27th March 2020 A Western Australian farm has taken its 26-year old business off-grid using solar PV and 40kWh of zinc bromine flow batteries from Australian energy storage company Redflow. The owners of the 34-hectare property near Gingin, 90km north…
Home battery boost as NSW launches interest-free loans, Victoria expands rebate
Image Credit: Reposit Power 4th March 2020 A couple of small wins for the Australian residential energy storage market this week, with the Victorian government’s rebate scheme extended to 150 more postcodes in the state, and in New South Wales,…
How to beat the Energex “solar stitch-up”: Take part of your home off grid
4th Marth 2020 Energex’ recent submission to the Queensland Productivity Commission electricity pricing inquiry left a lot of solar system owners concerned about their systems and their plans to add batteries at a later stage. Energex recently increased their supply…
