Narrabri. There’s a community battery going in there somewhere…
Australia is awash with new community battery stories – hardly surprising, since applications under the first round of the federal government’s $120 million Community Batteries for Household Solar program, closed in April. The government grants are starting to flow.
Today, we’re bringing two new projects to your attention, in Narrabri and in the Mornington Peninsula. [Read more…]
A 108kWh battery has been installed at Healesville Community Link, as part of a microgrid trial granted nearly $2 million by the federal government. [Read more…]
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Yet another council is getting ready to add a community battery to its infrastructure: Merri-bek City Council will build a community battery in Brunswick after securing a federal government grant. [Read more…]
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Queensland will add 44 EV chargers in more than 30 towns, co-funded by $10 million from the state government and several charger operators. [Read more…]
Solar Victoria has published the 2023-2024 Notice To Market, including five new mandatory requirements and rather more recommendations. [Read more…]
All of this energy industry technology and here’s me with a flat phone battery.
Dear reader, I’ve taken the plunge and weathered another trade show, Smart Energy 2023, so you don’t have to. [Read more…]
It’s a little over five years since SolarQuotes first discovered Tongwei Solar, back then a manufacturer mostly turning silicon ingots into solar cells sold to panel manufacturers. [Read more…]
Ausgrid wants to gold-plate the fast charger tariffs on its network…
The EV Council has warned the Australia Energy Regulator (AER) that Ausgrid’s current regulatory proposal offers a tariff structure that would push up the price of public chargers. [Read more…]
If you are looking for the ultimate solar and battery system, whether on or off the grid, then in my opinion you should build it around the Selectronic SP PRO inverter. It is in a class of its own. I mean that in more ways than one, but you’ll have to indulge me while I explain. My personal favourite battery inverter, the Selectronic SP PRO is an Australian-made grid forming inverter that can equally be used as a grid hybrid or stand-alone supply. [Read more…]
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The solar industry’s getting serious about gender balance. The Smart Energy Council’s Gender Action Plan (GAP) sets the stage for an estrogen-fueled transformation and was unveiled in a webinar last week.
I mean, come on, a measly one-third of the solar workforce are women, and the Smart Energy Council says they’re mostly in admin, with a smaller number in sales and very few up on roofs installing systems. [Read more…]
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