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Say hello to FarmBot Express and Express XL. This amazing piece of technology is an automated veggie garden system. This is designed to provide the food, nutrients and water to the plants, 24×7 so you don’t have to. If you’re like me, managing plants is something you’re not good at. Humans...
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Aussie tech journalist Steven Fenech and his family are the first to receive a $0 energy bill through the use of a new Solar and Battery combination. The system comes from Natural Solar and German-based sonnenBatterie and with their sonnenFlat system. The Fenech’s received their first power bill since...
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If you’re in the market for a new home and would love to have solar and battery as part of your build, then Porter Davis could be your builder. The company is giving away 50 Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries and 5.6kW of Solar from partner Bradford Solar. The RRP...
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One of China’s largest cities, Shenzhen is the first city to electrify its fleet of buses. The city, home to more than 12 million people, requires a well functioning public transport system to move people around the city. Given the volume of people in China and notorious air quality...
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Stawell in Western Victoria is getting a wind farm and battery storage as part of a project confirmed by Lily D’Ambrosio, State Member for Mill Park. Minister for Energy, Environment & Climate Change. Minister for Suburban Development. Back in June of 2017, the Victorian Government signed an Memorandum of Understanding on...
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As we approach Summer, South Australia’s big battery from Tesla is done. It’ll be fully operational after some further testing, but the build is complete. Tesla founder Elon Musk turned to Twitter to congratulate the team on beating the 100 day target he set. Achieving the milestone of building...
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sonnen is one of the world’s largest battery storage system providers and they’ve partnered up Australian-based Natural Solar. The new partnership will see the pair enter the Philippine and Malaysia renewable energy market, one of the fastest growing in the world. The deal will see more than 10,000 combined...
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Sorry South Australia, it looks like Tesla is going to finish your big battery on time, so it won’t be free. Tonight at an event in Jamestown, SA, Elon Musk announced the project to deliver the world’s largest lithium-ion battery (built using multiple PowerPacks) is on schedule for completion...
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We’re seeing a trend emerge in the consumer renewable energy and storage market of Australia. Energy retailers are hitching their wagons to select companies to offer consumers renewable solutions. Origin Energy got in bed with Tesla to offer the Powerwall 2 and now EnergyAustralia is partnering with Redback Smart...
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To be a Tesla family now, you’d have a garage full of cars loaded with lithium-ion batteries, but an acquisition of Solar City could see Tesla families add Tesla Energy solar panels to their roof and a Tesla Powerwall to the wall. Overnight Tesla announced plans to buy Solar City, who are America’s #1...
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When it comes to transitioning to renewable energy sources, Germany are kicking ass. Sunday 8th of May, the country managed a massive 87% of their energy production from a combination of solar, wind, hydro and biomass plants. That day, Germany created a total of 63GW of which 55GW came from...