Storage | EcoGeneration

Kilowatt koalas … the batteries-up-poles project that sends a powerful message about residential storage

by EcoGen Editor | May 27, 2020 | For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

United Energy’s community storage batteries are bringing calm to Melbourne’s Bayside.

Energy gold mine … the wind-solar-storage plant that brings powerful self-sufficiency to the middle of nowhere

by EcoGen Editor | May 26, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A dynamic power plant in remote Western Australia is showing other miners the possibilities of clean energy.

The C&I solar PV package that serves business and the NEM … the urban power plant has arrived

by EcoGen Editor | May 21, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A solar project at a Sydney warehouse shows the potential for urban PV power plants.

The brain that’s turned UoQ’s 2.2MWh Tesla Powerpack battery into a private piggybank

by EcoGen Editor | May 20, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

A battery is only as smart as the brain that commands it, and the University of Queensland has connected its 2.2MWh Tesla to a cunning bit of software.

Storage comes to calm the market

by EcoGen Editor | May 11, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Projects, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

Energy storage is a mandatory inclusion in a grid supplied by unpredictable wind and solar. As costs continue to fall more of these important assets are lining up to connect, writes Jeremy Chunn.

Australia’s grid can take 75% renewables by 2025: GlobalData

by EcoGen Editor | May 7, 2020 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Despite covid-19, Australia’s grid is strong enough to accommodate up to 75% renewables by 2025, says GlobalData analysis.

In search of battery-grade silicon

by EcoGen Editor | May 7, 2020 | Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Battery-grade silicon is expensive and expansive – but we are getting there, writes Dr Mahdokht Shaibani.

Western Australia, the state that stands behind stand-alone systems

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Western Australia is leading the way when it comes to replacing expensive networks with stand-alone systems that rely on solar and battery storage. EcoGeneration speaks to Western Power SPS project manager Margot Hammond about managing a mighty transition.

Pressure builds on lithium-ion

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2020 | Comment, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

Lithium-ion storage technology is mature and safe – but things will always go wrong when production is running at full tilt and standards slip, writes Geoff Edwards.

RayGen focuses its energies on vast storage potential

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 23, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

A new form of storage is preparing to prove itself with a 50MWh trial in Victoria – followed, it hopes, by a 1GWh monster project.

CEC report looks back on 2019 … a record year for renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 14, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Although 2020 is looking to be a tough year for the renewable energy sector, no thanks to the global covid-19 pandemic, the Clean Energy Council’s annual round-up of data for the industry has shown that 2019 was a standout.