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WEBJapanese electronics giant unveils a new bifacial solar panel with high efficiency and improved performance in poor light conditions. Off-grid solar is cheapest and most reliable way to option for those without power. Off-grid solar systems can be more reliable than national grid networks. A new study explores different scenarios in 43 ...
About One Step Off The Grid
WEBRenewEconomy and One Step Off The Grid are independent websites founded by Giles Parkinson, a journalist of more than 30 years experience, a former Business Editor and Deputy Editor of the Australian Financial Review, a former columnist for The Bulletin magazine and The Australian.. Giles is joined by Sophie Vorrath, who has worked on RenewEconomy since its inception and edits One Step Off The ...
"They will be cost effective:" Ausgrid defends network roll-out of ...
WEB10 hours ago — The federal government has funded over 400 community batteries to be installed across Australia that will provide shared storage for up to 100,000 households. Most of that government funding has gone to DNSPs, the electricity distributors who build and own the poles and wires. But concerns have been ...
Here’s how ‘microgrids’ are empowering regional and remote …
WEBJul 4, 2024 — A national survey of microgrids. In Australia and around the world, many communities are attracted to renewable energy microgrids.The benefits include energy security, reliability, equity, autonomy and emissions reduction. Above all, microgrids offer a viable alternative to the national electricity grid.
Networks embrace stand-alone power as solar and batteries beat …
WEBMar 27, 2024 — Standalone power systems based on renewable energy and battery storage could start to become the norm on parts of Australia’s far-flung grid, as network operators turn to them as a more reliable and cheaper option than traditional poles and wires.
How Australia got to 30GW of solar: Households led the way
WEBJul 19, 2023 — Source: APVI PV in Australia Report 2023. Of the 4.2GW total of new PV capacity that was added to the national tally in 2022, 1.47GW was installed on commercial and industrial rooftops, 1.35GW on residential roofs and 1.4GW in utility-scale projects.
Introducing One Step Off The Grid
WEBJul 21, 2015 — RenewEconomy is proud to announce the launch of One Step Off The Grid, our sister site that will focus on the consumer side of the energy market, and how the uptake of rooftop solar, battery storage and other technologies will usher in a dramatic transformation of our energy system. Australia is at the cutting edge of this revolution.
A million home batteries could build far fewer power lines. We just ...
WEBSep 12, 2024 — What’s more, electric vehicles are essentially large “batteries on wheels”. They can be plugged in at home to provide backup power in blackouts, or at times of peak demand.. Government incentives are also needed here to drive the further uptake of electric vehicles in the domestic, commercial and industry sector.
New time-of-use tariff dangles huge daytime power discount. So …
WEB2 days ago — Energy Locals is hoping to expand its customer base in the renewables heavy state of South Australia, with the offer of a “lowest in the market” electricity usage rate of 14.4c/kWh for five hours of each day. The Daytime Saver plan is targeted at households able to take advantage of periods ...
Pioneering solar garden prepares for its first harvest
WEBSep 22, 2024 — By the side of the highway in Grong Grong, in the NSW Riverina region, Australia’s first solar garden is almost ready to harvest. The development is expected to deliver a bounty to 175 solar gardeners within weeks in the form of credits on their electricity bills. But developers and energy experts hope the 1.5 megawatt project delivers a lot ...