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Today is a brilliant day. It’s a gorgeous summer day in Wodonga, Victoria and with the sun shining, our 6.5kW solar system is collecting a hard 5kW of power, limited by the SolarEdge inverter (and restrictions by the energy distributor). When spilling power like this, it’d be the perfect...
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Today was our best day for solar generation yet. Our 6.5kW of solar panels managed to collect a massive 46.26kWh during sunlight hours, which on December 2nd, 2020 ran from 7:30AM until 8PM. After having the system installed back in February by Kdec, at the tail end of summer,...
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Energy company AGL is responsible for close to 20% of the total generation capacity within Australia’s National Electricity Market, It looks likes the company is taking the transition to sustainable, renewable energy seriously with another announcement today, of a large-scale battery. AGL has announced the development of a large...
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During the past week, an article from WhichCar has been doing the rounds online, essentially claiming that refuelling petrol cars is cheaper than recharging Electric Vehicles. I’ve been sent a link to this article many times now and twice in the past 24hrs, so clearly people are believing it...
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If you thought South Australia’s big battery was impressive, Victoria just said – hold my beer and is building one twice the size. Victoria is getting a massive 300MW battery, making it one of the world’s largest batteries in the world. The battery has a 250 MW grid service...
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Queensland may be in the midst of a state election, but mother nature cares not. This afternoon a severe storm impacted part of the state, which is now impacting the vote-counting in 20 electorates. Election aside, one big impact on home owners is damage to their solar panels. Australia...
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Using large-grid scale batteries is becoming increasingly common in Australia. Famously South Australia led the way with a 100MW/129MWh battery at the Hornsdale Power Reserve. At the time it was the largest battery in the world and in its first 2 years of operation, the project saved SA consumers...
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Yesterday, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Government would build energy infrastructure if the private market wasn’t able to. We’ve seen in recent years that Australia’s energy supply can be problematic, as legacy coal-fired power plants reach their end of life. Unless replacement capacity can be sourced, and...
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Tesla’s famous big battery in South Australia is going through the final stage of testing, after an expansion that grows the battery by 50%. Neoen, who owns the Hornsdale Power Reserve, are close finalising testing that will increase the capacity of the battery from 100MW to 150MW. This increase...