Battery weights

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  • Battery weights

      Different battery technologies are different weights as well as different sizes. This may be relevant depending on where you want to store your energy storage batteries. Energy storage batteries come in a variety of different sizes and weights and each have different characteristics.  In the above graphic several batteries are a similar weight, however you…

  • What is your states renewable energy target?

    Different Australian states are taking action in different ways to move to a renewable energy future, despite the lack of action being taken at a Federal level. In Australia, as in other countries where Federal government’s should be taking action to meet their commitments to the Paris agreement and they are not, local governments and…

  • Battle royale brews over battery storage and control of energy markets

    Large energy users, battery storage developers and some small energy retailers are pushing for a change in energy market rules that could have dramatic consequences for the industry – levelling the playing field for battery storage, lowering prices for consumers, and wresting control of the energy markets from the big generators. Soaring wholesale prices have…

  • We are on the crest of an unstoppable wave that will link renewable energy, batteries and smart energy systems.

      It’s not technology or science that is going to save us on this planet. What will save us is the ethical transformation of our societies. This is so true and why we see so much interest in community power and so much other grassroots action. This is why, in Australia, domestic solar and energy…

  • Majority of Victorians support urgent shift to renewable energy, poll finds

    A ReachTEL poll commissioned by Friends of the Earth shows 68% of the state, including a majority of Liberal voters, want to see an end to reliance on coal. The vast majority of people in Victoria – and even a majority of Liberal voters – support the state moving towards 100% renewable energy “as a…

  • Are batteries guilty as charged?

    Very interesting article from Ecogeneration based on CSIRO report that raises many of the questions about the lack of standards in the battery storage industry that we have been talking about. The lack of standards, particularly around fire risks of lithium ion batteries means safety can become a serious issue. It is definitely an issue…

  •   For many people the need to protect themselves from power outages is becoming a more and more common occurrence and it is not unusual for it to take days for the power to be reconnected, particularly if you are not on a main line and other lines take priority.   Sometimes people lose power…

  • Interview with John Ballis GridEdge CEO

    Below is a short extract from an interview by Tracy Cromwell with John Ballis, the CEO of Grid Edge Pty Ltd: Tracy : Why did you choose the FIAMM SoNick battery as your preferred storage medium? John B: The FIAMM SoNick battery was chosen because it addressed all of our concerns and was the only battery that ticked all the boxes…

  • Operating Temperatures for Energy Storage Batteries

    The SoNick or molten salt batteries have an operating range of -20° to +60°C which makes them a much better alternative to other batteries. In Australia, we have extreme weather conditions and even in a garage in suburbia, a common place for housing a battery, the temperature can often exceed 40°C. The SoNick batteries are…

  • Off Grid living in the city

    For many people who are interested in becoming more energy independent in whatever format, up to becoming completely independent of the grid there is a steep learning curve to understand the different technologies and their capabilities.   The quality and performance of some products are definitely better than others and it is definitely not the…