Brackenridge – Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries

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  • Brackenridge – Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries

    This domestic installation was designed to run as a grid minimisation installation. Although the grid remains connected it is rarely used. This is an area with frequent power outages, often for many days so the ability to have power in an off-grid installation when the grid wasn’t available was a major requirement. Sodium Nickel Chloride…

  • Off grid office – Commercial Case Study using SoNick batteries

    Portable commercial office running in off grid situation. Situated at a crushing plant used to crush concrete blocks for road fill. The portable office is placed near the weighbridge which didn’t have a grid connection to that particular part of site. Connecting to the grid was going to be very expensive and the portable off-grid…

  • Retrofitting a battery energy storage system

    Most people that are looking at installing an energy storage system (battery and battery inverter) don’t realise that every installation is different and there is no one size fits all. Installations are very dependent on whether there is already solar PV in place and the current electrical wiring situation at the premises. When you decide…

  • Protect Yourself from bushfire power outages

    During bushfires power is often lost to many areas and sometimes is not returned for days or weeks at a time. At these times communities often have to rely on generators, especially if, as in the devastating 2019-2020 Australian bushfires roads are cut off to complete communities for extended periods of time. Strong winds also…

  • Not all battery inverters are equal

    With the installation of energy storage systems most people look at the battery and concentrate on that but in reality the battery inverter is an integral part of any energy storage system and will dictate much of the energy storage systems operations. Often when an energy storage system isn’t working properly the fault lies with…

  • Salt batteries – the only chemistry UL9540A certified for safety

    More and more people are recognising that one of the major issues with energy storage batteries are the dangers with fires and explosions particularly associated with thermal runaway (self-sustaining fires). This has become particularly relevant as people are considering installing the many lithium ion battery technologies in their houses or businesses and are becoming aware…

  • SoNick battery powers Sustainable Living Festival “Off the Grid” tent

      GridEdge was recently asked to power Melbourne’s 3 day Sustainable Living Festival’s “Off the Grid” tent with our clean energy trailer with its Sodium nickel chloride (SoNick) battery . This annual festival, is held at Melbourne’s Federation Square and runs along the Yarra river with many stalls showcasing renewable energy, sustainable living practices and…

  • Creating Energy Independance

      Battery storage uptake by households surges as grid costs soar Battery storage systems being installed in Australia look set to confirm earlier predictions that battery installations will treble in 2017.

  • Battery storage uptake by households surges as grid costs soar

      Battery storage systems being installed in Australia look set to confirm earlier predictions that battery installations will treble in 2017. New data from the SunWiz 2017 Mid-Year Battery Report shows more than 7000 battery installations took place across Australia in the first six month of 2017.  By contrast there were 6500 installations recorded for…

  • Accelerating Climate Action

    Amongst the G20 countries, Australia’s emission reduction target – a reduction of 26-28% on a 2005 baseline – is unusually weak, nowhere near what is required for us to play our fair share in meeting a 2°C Paris target. The impacts that we are experiencing now at a ~1°C rise in average temperature are the…