RayGen is building a concentrator-style PV power plant in Victoria with thermal storage, and incredible claimed efficiency, and they’ve picked Alfa Laval to provide the heat exchangers.
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The Fronius Wattpilot Warranty: It’s Too Short
This is a deep dive into the Fronius Wattpilot EV charger warranty. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a device for charging EVs. There is nothing especially wrong with the warranty Fronius provides — except that it’s too short. The Wattpilot warranty is only two years.
[Continue reading…]Transgrid Pumps Millions into Training Powerline Construction Workers
Transgrid has cited the transition to renewables as one reason for launching a multi-million-dollar training initiative.
[Continue reading…]Phillip Island’s $10 Million Battery To Help Power The MotoGP
A few months later than originally expected, Ausnet Services’ $10 million Phillip Island battery was formally opened over the weekend by Victoria’s energy and resources minister Lily D’Ambrosio.
[Continue reading…]WA Plans Six Community Batteries with $3 Million Fed Funding
WA electricity network, Western Power and WA electricity retailer, Synergy are the latest community battery grant winners, securing $3 million to build six community batteries.
[Continue reading…]Charge HQ Exits Beta, Introduces Subscriptions
Charge HQ is coming out of beta, and as a consequence is introducing fees for its app.
[Continue reading…]Redflow’s Biggest Deal Ever: The Paskenta Racheria Microgrid
Zinc-bromine flow battery specialist Redflow has signed its largest deal to date: $18 million to provide 2000 of its ZBM3 batteries to a Native American-owned microgrid in California.
[Continue reading…]More Community Batteries: Narrabri and Mornington Peninsula
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.
[Continue reading…]Drowning In Despair: A Deep Dive Into The Jinko Solar Suntank Warranty
UPDATE JULY 2023: Jinko has updated and improved the SunTank warranty, also retroactively applying it to existing installations. Good on them! The new warranty document is available here. Summary of changes below: Features Old Warranty New Warranty Energy Retention 70% for the first 5 years50% for another 5 years 60% for 10 years Life Cycle […]
[Continue reading…]Building Grid-Resilience: A Look Inside Healesville’s $2m Microgrid
A 108kWh battery has been installed at Healesville Community Link, as part of a microgrid trial granted nearly $2 million by the federal government.
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