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Sophie Vorrath
Sophie is editor of
One Step Off The Grid
and deputy editor of its sister site,
Renew Economy
. She is the co-host of the
Solar Insiders Podcast.
Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Solar
Sydney community solar investment round raises $17,500 in 9 minutes
Community solar investor round in Sydney’s inner-west raised more than $17k in 9 minutes to put solar on the roof of a craft brewery in Newtown.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 23, 2016
2
Storage
“Watershed” demand response, battery storage project wins Victoria grant
A Victorian project using “non-network” demand response solutions to avoid network “gold-plating” has won state government funding.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 23, 2016
4
Smart Energy
Vic govt reboots Green Buildings scheme, using funds from Green Bonds
Award-winning state green building program scrapped by Victoria’s former Coalition government, has been reinstated by Labor with a $33m investment over two years to cut building energy consumption and emissions.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 22, 2016
2
Solar
ANU team cracks solar thermal efficiency of 97% – a world record
ANU scientists achieve record solar thermal efficiency of 97% – a breakthrough that could cut CST electricity costs by 10%.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 22, 2016
25
Storage
Graph of the Day: Battery storage profitable already … for some
McKinsey report – and graph – says battery storage makes sense now for subset of commercial customers in “each of the four most important applications.”
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 19, 2016
3
CleanTech Bites
Boost for WA solar uptake as government cuts red tape
WA govt removes barriers to third-party solar finance, opening the market to more consumers and suppliers.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 18, 2016
2
Storage
Millennials want solar, storage, shared energy – and an app for all that
A recent Accenture survey has asked Millennials – Australia’s second-largest cohort after Gen X – what they want from their energy providers. The answers are a clarion call to those utilities and retailers who still believe business-as-usual will do.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 18, 2016
0
Community Power
Locals invited to invest in Sydney community solar project, to help make “solar beer”
A City of Sydney-backed community solar project that will put a 30kW PV system on the roof of a craft brewery in the city’s inner west will be opened to local investors this weekend.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 18, 2016
0
Smart Energy
United Energy taps solar, storage, software to defer network upgrade
GreenSync to deliver landmark community-based demand response, energy storage project for United Energy, to avoid network upgrade on Mornington Peninsula.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 18, 2016
0
Storage
Tesla vs LG vs Sony vs … storage goes head to head at new ACT test centre
ACT, ARENA launch 3-year trial of eight leading battery storage technologies to see which works best for consumers.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 17, 2016
15
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