Behind-the-meter storage might be an efficient way to make the most of a household PV system but far larger batteries are needed at network scale if room is to be made for more solar. The age of community batteries has begun, writes Jeremy Chunn.
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How useful can Australia’s vast army of distributed energy resources be when the grid suffers a shock? A new study aims to find out.
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Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way.
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The efficiency of a PV-thermal system is dependent on the temperature of the heating application, but the technology is often overlooked.
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About 31,000 batteries were added to the grid in 2020, with 9% of new household PV systems including storage.
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A solar sales company is hoping to lure more customers towards batteries by pushing the cause for smart connected systems.
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Is the utility-scale PV market under stress or growing into a new stage of maturity? The Clean Energy Council Large-scale Solar Forum included a panel session which looked at the past to predict the future.
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The government may sound ambiguous about clean energy but it doesn’t want us to trash PV panels or wind blades, says a UniSA researcher working on an end-of-life stewardship program for clean energy gear.
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A rule change from December will see inverters in new or upgraded rooftop PV systems meet regulations that encourage more solar.
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Installers who break the rules for claiming STCs are on notice, writes Robbie Nichols of the Clean Energy Council.
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Ausgrid hopes its trial of community batteries in and near Sydney will be a first step in a major rollout of shared storage.
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The Sydney network has committed to a trial to test whether community storage can settle voltage levels as demand for rooftop solar continues.
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