The Australian Energy Market Commission is farther along the path to determining new regulations for stand-along power systems, write Claire Rozyn, Sherine Al-Shallah and Alan Rai.
Plain Australians seek plain value, and when it comes to electricity that means solar. Research released by Solar Citizens shows solar PV uptake is more common in middle-lower socio-economic households than higher socio-economic households.
Researchers at the University of Sydney have launched a scalable zinc-bromide battery under the brand Gelion Technologies, a company spun-out of work by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, winner of the 2018 Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science.
Regardless of the risk in the large-scale solar industry the sector is still attracting interest from around the world. BSR EPC, the UK’s leading large-scale solar contractor, is the latest engineering, procurement and construction to enter the market, with approval for a 33MW solar and storage facility in Katherine, Northern Territory.