The new standard for battery storage goes too far, says sonnen technical director Australia-New Zealand James Sturch.
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Virtual power plants, real pain … how the VPP puzzle has brought on a mild headache
Virtual power plants made up of other people’s batteries sound like a great idea but, gee, they’re a headache to put together. Will they make it to the finish line?
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PV for your EV: CSIRO charger takes some heat off the grid
With more EVs on Australian roads, demand for charging infrastructure will grow and the CSIRO expects this will place stress on grid-powered charging stations.
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Pressure builds as compressed air storage projects attract funds
A form of long-duration storage that can be sited wherever it's needed is edging closer to reality at two sites on the NEM.
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NSW shortlists 2,850MW of projects for $75m Emerging Energy Program
Grants worth $7.1 million have been awarded to projects totalling 2,150MW of on-demand electricity, "with the potential to leverage almost $2 billion in private investment".
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The eight rules of demand response … the source that ‘ticks all three boxes’ of the energy trilemma
Managing energy at the demand side can tick all the boxes of the energy trilemma, says Enel X managing director Asia and Oceania Jeff Renaud.
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Microgrids come to market
As the tools to generate and manage electricity onsite evolve, energy users are realising they can rely on themselves instead of leaning only on the grid.
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Are clouds gathering over large-scale solar?
Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?
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Sizing PV and storage in stand-alone power systems
A report from GSES shows the significant relationship between PV arrays and battery days of autonomy in stand-alone power systems.
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: how feed-in tariffs hold the key to energy incumbents’ future
The energy giants are looking down a barrel as households build their own rooftop generation. Research shows their prospects hinge on where they set feed-in tariffs.
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