Creating Energy Independance

Tag: Energy Storage Growth

  • 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…

  • Australia’s energy market is changing

      Australian States are powering ahead on climate targets despite federal inaction   Australian states and territories are powering ahead, developing policies that will meet the federal government’s internationally agreed greenhouse gas emission targets, with South Australia, the ACT and Tasmania leading the race.

  • The Story of Electronics – now energy storage batteries

    Excellent video about the life-cycle of E-Waste. The same principle applies to many of the energy storage batteries currently on the market. We need companies to be accountable for all areas of their products from health effects of people in third world countries producing products, to toxic products in their use, and recyclability of products…

  • CSIRO says Australia can get to 100 per cent renewable energy

    The Australian government’s chief scientific body says there is no apparent technical impediment to reaching 100 per cent renewables for the national electricity grid, and levels of up to 30 per cent renewable energy should be considered as just “trivial” in current energy systems. The CSIRO estimate was made in the Senate select committee into…

  • CSIRO sees $100bn savings in zero carbon grid by 2050

    A major new study by the CSIRO and the main networks lobby says a decarbonised energy grid by 2050, with half of generation produced and stored locally, will save billions in upfront capital costs and consumer bills, and deliver a secure electricity system. (See also out story CSIRO, networks put lie to conservative campaign against…

  • 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…

  • Australia’s energy revolution is being driven by Grassroots demand

      “The rapid uptake of batteries is going to drive a very Australian energy revolution,” and “It is being driven by grassroots consumer demand rather than any consistent national policy. “It is gathering momentum because of the vast size of our electricity network and relatively low population density which leaves many people without a reliable…

  • Discussing the SoNick battery

    Ian and John with the 9.6 kW SoNick battery on display. The SoNick battery has no toxic materials or gasses, either in its manufacture or use which is a big advantage over most of the other energy storage batteries currently available. It also is 100% recyclable with a recycling program already in place which is…