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A study of consumer attitude to participation in virtual power plants highlights the difficulties aggregators may face.

‘The future is really bright for solar. We’re just getting started’: GSES’s Chris Martell

28th October, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

Global Sustainable Energy Solutions director of operations and engineering Chris Martell swapped techie defence work in the US for a clean start in Australia’s booming PV industry.

Crowd-power invited to fund army of sub-2MW PV plants

28th October, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Komo Energy is looking to fund up to a hundred 500kW-2MW stand-alone solar farms supplying into the grid by offering shares to the public.

TransGrid to test synthetic inertia market with 75MWh Sydney battery

27th October, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Storage

The NSW network hopes a Tesla grid battery will help steady to grid to take more renewables.

Early movers target 400MW behind-the-meter VPP, cite risk in front-of-meter storage value

23rd October, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Funding, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage

As the storage market evolves owners of behind-the-meter assets will have greater flexibility to profit than on-grid facilities, says UK entrant.

The 40kWh, $34,750, 196kg hydrogen battery for the home

20th October, 2020 | Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

The first entrant into the hydrogen home battery market is made in Australia and ready for action.

Ikea PV-and-batteries microgrid targets 70% self-consumption and access to FCAS markets

16th October, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

The Adelaide outlet will use voltage-mastering technology to allow it to provide grid services to the local network.

Towards a two-sided market … the role for demand response in tomorrow’s grid: expert panel

13th October, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Storage

The Energy Security Board has highlighted industrial load flexibility as an important potential contributor to grid stability. Is it a target we can hit? EcoGeneration asks a panel of experts to light the way forward.

SA Power Networks reaches for a 1.5GW solar dial

9th October, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage

The South Australian network is working out a way to manage the largest source of generation in the state … rooftop PV.

Replace coal and gas exports with clean energy? It can be done … if the grid is 2,000% renewables: All-Energy

8th October, 2020 | Australia, Climate, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

It may be possible, if the technology is affordable and agreements are in place, to switch from dirty energy exports to clean ones … if Australia generates more than 20 times the electricity it does today.

Batteries make sense today based on tomorrow’s energy economics: Evergen

7th October, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

Having signed a deal to enable hydrogen battery storage, the Australian energy-technology company is moving fast on multiple VPP projects and more.

Perovskite solar research wins $2.5m ARENA backing

2nd October, 2020 | Funding, Renewables, Solar, Solar

Support for the University of Sydney research is part of a $15 million round of funding into solar by ARENA.

Network-connected inverter trial to free up residential PV exports

2nd October, 2020 | For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

A 12-month trial will test a flexible solar connection to up to 600 rooftop PV customers in South Australia and Victoria who live in areas where the network is constrained.

Locked-out from PV? How about a plot in a 1MW community solar garden

30th September, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

The notion of tapping those who can’t own PV to fund community clean energy projects is being tested in NSW’s sunny Riverina region.

South Australian regulations for new solar power systems: GSES

29th September, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage

Solar installers all over Australia should make themselves familiar with changes imposed on new PV systems in South Australia. This report by GSES details how it works.

Solar remote-control a sign of maturity: SwitchDin

29th September, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage

Solar is so popular and powerful that owners will have to accept some give-and-take, says SwitchDin CEO Andrew Mears, as South Australia moves to manage grid stability with its Smarter Homes Program.