Featured in Going big on batteries – 08-2020

Investing in PowerBanks for high returns

Western Australia is soaked in sunshine, and PV uptake is challenging the grid. But small numbers of medium-sized community batteries are taking the heat off the system, while helping more people to reap the dividends of rooftop solar PV.

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Natalie Filatoff

03 Aug 2020

Image: Synergy

Power pundits observing Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System (SWIS) might have been intrigued in recent months to see a spate of reports about Tesla 0.5 MW batteries. Such systems have been appearing in small parks and in population centers ranging from metropolitan Ellenbrook to regional Busselton. It’s as if they’ve been beamed in – …

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