The case for decentralised power proven after storm power outages

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  • The case for decentralised power proven after storm power outages

    Windy winter weather tends to bring trees down on power lines, cutting off your power supply as many people in Victoria have discovered recently. During the storm that crossed Victoria on 13th February 2024 over 500,000 people lost power and a week later many people in Gippsland and the Dandenong’s are still without power and…

  • Recycling costs to be added to purchase cost of renewable energy storage batteries – new Australian legislation coming.

    When looking at the cost of a battery system, either domestically or commercially or as an electric vehicle it is important to look at “total cost of ownership” of TCO. This means not only considering the initial cost of the battery but;the costs of all the components of a battery system that are needed for…

  • Protect yourself and prepare for power outages in coming bushfire season

    As the current summer season approaches in Australia, we are receiving more warnings of a possibly severe bushfire season. With memories of the disasters of 2019 – 2020 many people still remember being without power for days and weeks due to power lines being brought down and the dangers of reconnecting the power grid. This…

  • SoNick – the Cradle to Grave certified battery

    A crucial part of our new energy transition is the usage of batteries to store energy, either as backup power for when the grid goes down or to reduce energy costs, to stabilize the grid or in EV’s. This transition will involve trade-offs and by adhering to ESG principles companies can make sure their governance…

  • Issues with electrical wiring when 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…

  • Domestic Case Study using SoNick batteries – SA

    This domestic installation in rural South Australia was designed to run as a grid minimisation installation. Although the grid remains connected it is rarely used to power the house, although excess power is exported to take advantage of the feed in tariff available. Before the battery installation this household had a 5 kW solar PV…

  • MIGROS gets the largest salt battery storage facility in Switzerland

    This installation is a 540 kWh salt battery storage system and now stands in the basement of MIGROS Schlieren/ZH. The molten salt batteries are 620V SoNick batteries supplied by FZSoNick

  • Recyclable batteries that do not require maintenance – FZSonick

    A chat with Giovanni Zola, General Manager of FZSonick SA of Stabio: the only company in the world that manufactures and markets accumulators (batteries) with the innovative sodium-chloride technology. The same have various fields of application. Let’s find out which ones.

  • Battery Drawdown Capabilities

      Energy storage batteries come in a variety of different sizes and weights and each have different characteristics.  Here is a comparison of some different battery technologies currently available in Australia with an indication of the amount of power that can be drawn down. You can see from this image that size is not necessarily…

  • Comparing battery technologies

    Until recently lead acid batteries have been the major player in the energy storage industry, particularly for off grid installations but they have serious limitations in terms of requiring customer maintenance and of course they are made from toxic materials. Recently, Tesla’s lithium ion batteries have received a lot of attention due to their advertised…