Battery storage will be installed in a number of public buildings in Adelaide as part of efforts to make South Australia’s capital the world’s first carbon neutral city.
Most of us would be familiar with how hot pavement can get on a summer’s day – and how long it can store heat. It seems concrete may be key to cheap large scale energy storage in the near future.
Current and future solar households in South Australia will be rejoicing after a move by SA Power Networks to penalise solar owners was rejected by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).
A report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts a $2.2 trillion global boom in small-scale solar to 2040 – and in Australia, a massive amount of battery storage will be installed.