Distributed Storage

The International Energy Agency’s latest report warns that failing to support integration at the point of deployment could jeopardise up to 15% of solar and wind projects by 2030. This shortfall would reduce their combined share of the global electricity mix by 5%.

It took eight years of field measurements for researchers at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany to estimate the usable capacity of home battery energy storage systems and develop a dataset covering 106 system years and 14 billion datapoints. Their key finding was that home battery systems lose about two to three percentage points of usable capacity per year on average, meaning good news for the industry as most warranties in the market can be met with the implementation of capacity reserves.

The United States-based storage system provider said its new batteries are configurable in 3 kWh modular increments up to four cabinets per site. Their roundtrip efficiency ranges from 88% to 91%.

Think-tank Climate Council of Australia has found of all the state’s and territories, the Northern Territory has the most work to do to achieve its renewable energy target of 50% by 2030.

The Newstead Community Energy Project located 140 kilometres northwest of Melbourne has been switched on after a locally driven, 16-year effort successfully delivers the option of clean energy to its 700 residents.

In the next decade, the Victorian government’s four pillar energy plan will seek to add a minimum of 6.3 GW of rooftop solar, 1.2 GW of large distributed solar up to 30 MW, and 3 GW of utility solar.

The Victoria Energy Policy Centre has issued a call for new policy to drive the deployment of large-scale rooftop solar backed by batteries on Australia’s commercial and industrial properties not just for self-consumption but also so power can be exported to the grid at times of peak demand.

Nearly a decade after the first iteration of its Powerwall home battery system was released, electric car and battery manufacturer Tesla has officially launched the Powerwall 3 in Australia and New Zealand with the first deliveries expected next month.

The Australian Energy Market Commmission has released new rules giving consumers more value from and control over their energy use while retailers get more options to bill individual consumer energy resources, such as electric vehicles.

Bslbatt says it has developed a new storage system for commercial and industrial applications, offering up to 241 kWh of capacity and supporting 100 kW or 125 kW of solar.