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Households to play key role in financing distributed storage
Households could provide ‘cheap finance’ for distributed battery storage and help ‘unload the grid’ of excess solar PV electricity.
Jonathan Gifford

Nov 21, 2013

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Solar and storage to spawn new energy ‘clouds’
Taking suburbs off-grid by creating energy ‘clouds’ might sound fanciful, but it can now be achieved at or below cost of standard poles and wires.
Rob Campbell

Oct 23, 2013

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RWE sheds old business model, embraces new energy reality
Germany’s largest power producer has decided to shift from large-scale coal and nuclear to lead the transition to decentralised renewable energy production.
Karel Beckman

Oct 22, 2013

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Pioneering commercial solar microgrid completed in US
US state of Maryland has completed one of America’s first commercial solar microgrids: a 402kW system combining energy storage and a 1,368 panel PV array.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 16, 2013

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‘Decentralised power to the people’: UK minister’s energy vision
UK energy minister says a decentralised power revolution is doable, with local energy systems in homes and businesses reinventing the energy market.
Cynthia Shahan

Oct 15, 2013

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Wisconsin Libertarians join greens in favor of solar energy
Wisconsin Libertarian Party endorses proposal to allow the state’s electricity customers lease solar panels and other small renewable energy generators.
Kiley Kroh

Sep 12, 2013

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Microgrids in America: A new kind of power struggle
US cities looking to microgrids for future delivery of reliable, low-carbon electricity are being faced with a complicated thicket of rules and regulations.
Bobby Magill

Sep 11, 2013

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Microgrids: Sandy forces rethink of US power supply
When Hurricane Sandy cut power to 8.5 million Americans in October last year, attention turned to microgrids – to cut emissions, and keep lights on.
Bobby Magill

Sep 10, 2013

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Beyond the grid: New market structures for distributed energy
How can we transition the electricity industry to the ‘new normal,’ with increasing uptakes of solar PV and energy efficiency? APVA has a plan.
Robert Passey & Muriel Watt

Aug 28, 2013

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How to sell off an electricity distribution business
The answer: don’t. Instead, swap storage for network capacity, and achieve substantial dividends under a revamped commercial model.
Rob Campbell

Aug 6, 2013

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Deutsche Bank: Solar, distributed energy at ‘major inflection point’
Deutsche says most markets for solar are now ‘sustainable,’ meaning they operate with little or no subsidies, and will overcome backlash from utilities.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2013

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Battery storage (3): Addressing a major competition failure
Australia’s battery storage market is shaping up to be yet another great competition failure – even while the potential for profit is in plain sight.
Rob Campbell

Jul 31, 2013

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