Posts By Richard Chirgwin On SolarQuotes

Tesla Operated “Big Bessie” Battery Rocks Rockhampton

bessie the battery

Rockhampton residents will soon reap the benefits of grid-scale renewable storage soaking up excess solar production, with Powerlink flicking the switch on a 50MW/100MWh battery in Bouldercombe. [Read more…]

AEMO: NEM Not Yet Ready for 100% Renewables

queensland pylons

The AEMO is taking the next steps to ensure Australia’s National Energy Market (NEM) can survive the shift to solar power and wind. [Read more…]

Enphase Patches Solar System Vulnerabilities: Update Guide

enphase security patch on an ipad

In June, we wrote about a security vulnerability an anonymous researcher had discovered in Enphase’s solar inverter communications gateway and installer app. [Read more…]

Solar Analytics Launches Meter-Free Consumption Monitoring

solar analytics screen and consumption meter

Now you can have solar analytics without buying a consumption meter.

The Consumer Data Right (CDR) isn’t something we’ve covered here yet, but it’s now the basis for a new product being launched by Solar Analytics: Integrated+, which the company describes as “consumption data without the meter”. [Read more…]

Australian Scientists Tackle Iron Flow Batteries’ Low Efficiency

Powder diffraction beamline

Dr Qinfen Gu in action with the Powder diffraction beamline

Flow batteries have long been seen as the poor cousin to the ubiquitous lithium-ion battery, trailing in energy density and charge/discharge rates. [Read more…]

Apartment Solar In ACT: $50,000 Rebate Announced

apartments in Canberra

Solar PV on apartment buildings is a persistent conundrum because the roof ownership is shared. [Read more…]

LG and Solar Service Guys Respond to Data Breach Allegations

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LG Energy Solution Australia has moved to reassure resellers caught up in its long-running battery recall that their data has not been subject to a data breach. [Read more…]

Vaulta: Brisbane-Made Batteries With A Twist

vault battery - exploded view

A battery enclosure doesn’t sound like something that could change a market, but that’s what Dominic Spooner, founder and CEO of Brisbane-based company Vaulta hopes to do. [Read more…]

Transgrid Says More Renewables Is The Only Way To Bring Energy Prices Down

Transgrid CEO Brett Redman says bringing renewables online as quickly as possible is

“the only way to bring energy prices down”.

 

“With over 80 per cent of coal-fired capacity in NSW expected to retire and 28GW of new renewable and storage capacity coming online in the next 10 years, we must urgently accelerate the investment in all areas of the energy transition.”

[Read more…]

NSW Govt VPP Gets Closer: More Sites Get Smart Batteries

a smart batteries installed in a key government building

Image: Property and Development NSW

In March, we covered the launch of a big battery at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, which was installed as part of the NSW state government’s Smart Batteries for Key Government Buildings initiative. [Read more…]

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