Two EV owners in Tasmania pushing boundaries of off-grid living, powering not only their home in pristine southern Tasmania but also their EVs from the sun and their own seasonal creek.
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We lost our home in summer bushfires. Now we’re going underground and off the grid
Don Pattison lost his family home during the horrific fire season of 2019/20. But this is not a story of loss and grief. Rather, the destruction has set the context for the journey back.
W.A. rare earths mine taps solar and battery storage
Northern Minerals signs PPA with Soluna Australia for 100kW solar, 200kWh battery system to help power its Brown’s Range rare earths mine in W.A. east Kimberley region.
Wind turbines completed at ground-breaking W.A. gold mine microgrid
Five wind turbines installed at Angew gold mine in W.A. – Australia’s first mining sector project to use wind power as part of a large hybrid renewable microgid.
New $1 billion mine looks to solar, wind, batteries for 80% of power needs
Australian mining company Oz Minerals plans to power its proposed West Musgrave copper nickel mine in central Australia with up to 80 per cent renewables.
Redflow batteries to help slash costs, beat heat at outback cattle station
Solar plus 40kWh Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries allow outback W.A. cattle station to operate completely off-grid, save $10,000 a year in diesel costs, and keep workers cool.
Portable battery technology to debut at W.A. gold mine
Western Australia gold mine one of first sites in world to test out new, modular lithium-ion battery storage solution by EU-based Aggreko and subsidiary Younicos.
W.A. to fund solar farms in six remote indigenous communities
W.A. government to install 4MW of solar across six remote indigenous communities as part of an $11.6m budget plan to slash use of heavy-polluting – heavily subsidised – diesel fuel.
Queensland trial to power a remote farm with solar and battery “pod”
Renewable power “pod” combining solar, battery storage and a generator to be trialled on a north-west Queensland farm, in bid to offer rural customers more reliable, affordable electricity.
WA nickel miner to slash diesel bill with 7MW solar
WA nickel miner claims “first” solar hybrid plant on an Australian mine primarily funded on commercial basis.
