One Step Off The Grid. Solar, storage and distributed energy news

2 days ago · A total of around 234 megawatts of new rooftop solar was installed on homes and businesses in the first month of 2025, delivering the second-best January on record, behind the bumper year of 2021. According to the latest data from industry analysts SunWiz, a strong showing from the commercial sector ...

2 days ago · A wave of electrification could be coming as one in three home owners consider switching off their gas connections in the next decade. For one in 10, the move to all-electric heating, cooking and hot water is on the cards within the next two years, according to surveying by Energy Consumers Australia.

Off-grid solar systems can be more reliable than national grid networks. A new study explores different scenarios in 43 countries where this could be the case.

Jan 29, 2025 · Clearly, the economics of going all electric are improving. If industry does not realise that residential solar makes sense economically, and takes measures to reward consumers to stay connected to the grid, I imagine more consumers will disconnect from it and less people will pay for the expenses involved in maintaining the poles and wires.

Jan 20, 2025 · For those who can afford it, adding a battery could beat the “sun tax” that will further deplete the once-generous rate of return for rooftop solar pioneers. A third of Australia’s households have rooftop solar and almost three quarters of the output has historically been exported into the ...

Sep 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.

Nov 27, 2024 · Sungrow says it has supplied the 17MW/19MWh battery energy storage system for Australia’s largest off-grid renewable power system at a lithium mine in remote Western Australia.

Sep 25, 2024 · Sub-Saharan Africa, home to 80% of the global population without electricity access, is unlikely to reach the United Nations’ goal of access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.. The region is significantly behind the rest of the world. Globally, access to electricity increased from 79% of the population in 2000 to 90% in 2019.

May 2, 2024 · “It’s not every day you get to launch a microgrid two times the size of the MCG,” Warburton says in a video filmed at the project’s launch, which hosted representatives from other agribusinesses to showcase alternative energy solutions. “It’s a great example of what joining the change can look like for our customers and a demonstration of sustainability, reliability and ...