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Australia’s solar revolution is well under way but with utilities offering less and less for power fed back to the grid, battery storage is the obvious next step.

Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, UNSW Australia Storage is one of the highest technological barriers to the spread

The electricity sector in Australia is undergoing a period of enormous change, driven by large scale rises in energy prices, consideration of the green agenda and the need to accommodate altering consumer demand.

The rise of solar ‘prosumers’ is changing the business landscape for Australian utilities. How will they respond to this major threat to their profitability?

Nothing quite captures our imagination like solar power seamlessly being blending into the everyday parts of life. While photovoltaic solar power has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the booming renewable energy industry, it is often out of mind and out of sight perched up on our roofs. The following inventions have brought solar further into the public space with creative ways to blend it into urban life. Each has made us wonder, why didn’t someone think of this before?

A lot of people think that the days of generous solar incentives are long gone.

Did you know that the government incentive to install solar goes up and down depending

The scheme which began in 2001 under the Howard government and was reinforced under Labor administration has helped lift Australia’s renewable energy production to more than 11% of total electricity generation (still short of the 20% by 2020 target), and has gone a long way to helping alleviate the nation’s significant carbon footprint. The second part of the story, however, and one which is sadly being ignored, is that this investment has actually been pushing the price of power down in the energy market.

With stats Australia-wide telling us over 1.3 Million households have solar panels on their roof, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that Solar is here to stay for the long term.

According to a Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute, Too much solar power produced in off-peak