Ergon Energy teams with SunPower and Sunverge Energy to offer solar plus battery storage for households. It will cut households bills and allow retailers and networks to use “virtual power plants” of pooled household storage, to hedge against rising fuel costs and grid upgrades.
Utilities
Ergon considers partial buy-back of $1.5bn solar feed-in tariffs
Ergon Energy looks at buy-back of export feed-in tariffs – and offer of battery storage – to shift load away from evening peaks, and save on grid upgrades.
Graph of the Day: Energex nearly at 1GW of rooftop solar PV
Latest Energex data shows 290,006 households on south-east Qld network have rooftop solar, amounting to a total installed capacity of more than 980MW.
Energex says plenty of room for more solar on network
Energex already has 25% of its customers with rooftop solar, but says there is room for more – particularly on businesses and large scale installations.
Energex says rooftop solar is trashing its business model
Queensland network operator Energex has conceded that its century-old business model is under threat from the increased use of rooftop solar, and a growing interest among its 1.3 million consumers to produce and manage their own energy needs. It’s not the only network operator to feel the heat.
