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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...
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Tesla has announced their second big battery in Australia, located at Gunnawarra Solar Farm, is now connected to the grid. As part of the announcement, they provided a pretty sweet time-lapse of the construction process. The battery in Victoria may be half the size of the now famous big...
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Today, the Victorian Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio, opened the Ballarat Energy Storage System (BESS), located at the Ballarat Terminal Station in Warrenheip. This is the first of 2-large scale batteries planned for the state, to assist in the reliability of the grid. The first comes from Siemens-owned Fluence...
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Plush have a new Cameo range of lounges and there’s something pretty special about them. The couches feature integrated USB ports. With most of us using laptops or phones as second screens while watching TV, this makes so much sense and something more couches should embrace. Lets hope they...
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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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Tesla are taking a new approach to getting their energy storage solution, the Powerwall 2 battery, into Australian households by partnering with builders directly. For existing home owners, you can always put up your hand and open your wallet to buy your own, but it makes a lot of sense to...
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Today Australia’s Prime Minister had a conversation with Tesla founder Elon Musk. The talks involved a possible battery storage option for to assist Australia’s energy issues, particularly in South Australia. Today’s discussion came on the back of an offer from Musk to build 100mWh PowerPack system in less than 100 days,...
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Elon Musk says Tesla Energy is ready to help South Australia with their energy issues. After recent blackouts, the state’s agressive plan to switch to renewable energy has come under pressure. While the issue has been heavily politicised, today things took a turn for the better. Mike Cannon-Brookes is...
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...
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...
Tesla has announced their second big battery in Australia, located at Gunnawarra Solar Farm, is now connected to the grid. As part of the announcement, they provided a pretty sweet time-lapse of the construction process. The battery in Victoria may be half the size of the now famous big...
Today, the Victorian Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio, opened the Ballarat Energy Storage System (BESS), located at the Ballarat Terminal Station in Warrenheip. This is the first of 2-large scale batteries planned for the state, to assist in the reliability of the grid. The first comes from Siemens-owned Fluence...
Plush have a new Cameo range of lounges and there’s something pretty special about them. The couches feature integrated USB ports. With most of us using laptops or phones as second screens while watching TV, this makes so much sense and something more couches should embrace. Lets hope they...
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...
Tesla are taking a new approach to getting their energy storage solution, the Powerwall 2 battery, into Australian households by partnering with builders directly. For existing home owners, you can always put up your hand and open your wallet to buy your own, but it makes a lot of sense to...
Today Australia’s Prime Minister had a conversation with Tesla founder Elon Musk. The talks involved a possible battery storage option for to assist Australia’s energy issues, particularly in South Australia. Today’s discussion came on the back of an offer from Musk to build 100mWh PowerPack system in less than 100 days,...
Elon Musk says Tesla Energy is ready to help South Australia with their energy issues. After recent blackouts, the state’s agressive plan to switch to renewable energy has come under pressure. While the issue has been heavily politicised, today things took a turn for the better. Mike Cannon-Brookes is...