Owners of solar systems are slowly turning to batteries, but deep subsidies have greased the wheels. Are they good value? FIMER country manager Jason Venning and Soltaro CEO Tynan Coles explain how they see storage stacking up.
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No ‘sudden drop’ for battery prices, but plenty of ‘intangible returns’: sonnen
Residential storage used smartly or connected in virtual power plants can unlock value in existing solar PV, says sonnen Australia managing director Nathan Dunn, but don’t expect any major
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ARENA’s Darren Miller on how to build a risk-filled renewables portfolio … ‘none of our investments are duds – even the ones that fail’
As head of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Darren Miller is pushing the technologies that will support and deliver tomorrow’s clean energy grid.
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STC compliance a responsibility, not a choice: CEC
A crackdown on installers cutting corners when claiming STCs serves as a reminder of installers’ and designers’ responsibilities, writes Clean Energy Council risk and governance coordinator Leanne Nichols.
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Fulfilling utility-scale PV module contracts in a choppy market
Solar module manufacturer Longi is carving out market share in the utility-scale sector as developers wrestle with the grid and competitors throw up challenges.
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Integrating DER into the grid: All-Energy highlights
Distribution networks spoke about their efforts to accommodate higher levels of distributed energy resources into the grid during a session for All-Energy 2020.
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Members Energy’s plan to build the world’s largest VPP … ‘we are a classic disruptor’
As the economics of energy storage makes it appear more favourable, a battery sales company is planning what it hopes will be the country's biggest virtual power plant.
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CEC Solar Awards 2020 … brilliant thinking, powerful projects
The Clean Energy Council’s 2020 Solar Design and Installation Awards focused on PV systems that helped owners of commercial and industrial enterprises cut their ties with polluting generation in creative ways.
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Whose battery is it anyway? … testing consumer appetite for VPPs
A study of consumer attitude to participation in virtual power plants highlights the difficulties aggregators may face.
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‘The future is really bright for solar. We’re just getting started’: GSES’s Chris Martell
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.
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