Tag: Clean energy
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Trailer and fixed installation – Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries
This domestic installation was on a farm. Initially a portable trailer was purchased. This trailer was used to take out on the farm to provide lighting where needed. This trailer had 1 x 7.7 kWh SoNick battery, a 5 kVa Victron Multiplus inverter and 3 x 250W solar panels. 3 panels are not enough to…
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Medical Centre – Commercial Case Study using SoNick batteries
The medical centre was to be refurbished and part of the upgrade was to install a PV system with battery storage. The difficulty was allocating the space for battery storage that was safe for patients as well as staff. As is usual in a medical centre space is a premium and is used for medical…
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SoNick battery performance for cooking competition
GridEdge was recently asked to use our clean energy trailer with its Sodium nickel chloride (SoNick) battery to power a local cooking competition event to showcase local foods. Originally the expectations were that we would be powering the PA and sound system and maybe a portable fridge. As the day got closer the requirements changed…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Accelerating Climate Action by Australian States
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 2°C Paris target. The IPCC uses a synthesis of thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers to assess the degree of…
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Battery capacity depends on user needs
There are many things to take into account when looking at an energy storage battery for your home or business. These include what you want your energy storage battery to do as well as its safety, performance, operating temperature and end of life recyclability. Unfortunately many people only look at the initial purchase cost…
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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…
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Problems solved with battery storage
One of the biggest problems with the efforts to use renewable energy to produce large amounts of the energy consumed on a daily basis has been its inability to reliably supply power at the times it is most needed. This can and will be addressed with the installation of battery systems that allow households, businesses…