A large-scale Townsville battery will be Queensland’s first grid-scale battery to back up a transition toward solar and renewable energy. Excess energy from 20,000 local solar power systems will charge the 4 MW Tesla battery during the day, providing residents with steady power during peak load periods.
Tasmanian solar PV owners frustrated by a dramatic solar feed-in tariff reduction are turning to home batteries. Aurora Energy’s formerly generous 1:1 tariff meant residential solar PV owners used to get zthe same amount for uploading electricity as they were paying for it. This feed-in tariff of 26c per kWh applied to those who installed solar panels before August 30, 2013.
Rooftop solar for homes and businesses is growing at a faster rate in the ACT than any other Australian state or territory. Data from Green Energy Trading (GET) shows the Australian Capital Territory more than doubled annual growth in solar installations last year.
Those of us in the south-east will be experiencing a heatwave this week. In Adelaide, for example, a maximum of 45 degrees is forecast today, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Port Augusta in South Australia is also in for a hot one with the mercury tipped to reach 49!