22 September REneweconomy news
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Battery ban off the table after industry roundtable “consensus”Standards Australia says industry roundtable has broadly agreed to “review” proposed rule banning li-ion batteries from being installed inside homes and garages. But rifts emerge in industry.
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Back to 2009: Abbott declares war on everythingTony Abbott has drawn new battle-lines with interviews and an article that is a horror-show of ignorance, bias, conservative ideology and political dogma. Turnbull’s efforts to appease the right wing has gotten him and the Australian economy nowhere.
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BHP under pressure to dump pro-coal lobby groups over climate policyA shareholder resolution highlighting the chasm between BHP’s stated climate policy and the pro-coal advocacy of its mining industry lobby has pushed the company to commit to reconsidering its membership of the hardline Minerals Council of Australia.
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Off-grid solar + battery systems prove 15x more reliable than networkWestern Power pilot shows stand-alone solar + battery + diesel systems 15 times more reliable than grid, and could save $300 million in avoided network upgrade costs – but only if rules are change changed to allow the systems to be rolled out.
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Battery storage uptake by households surges as grid costs soarNew data shows home battery storage installations set to treble in 2017, even without a price fall. Once the technology gets cheaper, says SunWiz, batteries will be as ‘common as the backyard pool.’
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ACT tips another $4m into home battery subsidy schemeACT government opens third competitive grants round, in a $4m extension of its home battery storage subsidisation scheme.
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The amazingly positive renewable story the Murdoch media won’t writeThe Australian buries its admission that Tuesday’s front page lead was fabricated, and still seeks to portray a cost saving to consumers as an extravagant “payday” for rich Saudi man.
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