Rob Faragolistened to a fascinating talk at #allenergyau about how Australia could participate in the global Solar PV supply chain. It reminded me that the price of Solar PV panels in Australia ($/Watt) has dropped a dramatic 96% over my 17 years in the industry. https://www.all-energy.com.au/en-gb/sessions-details.4046.227240.australias-solar-supply-chain-opportunity.html
Toyota is showing a hydrogen FCEV Crown at #allenergyau and educating the public. I like the look of the car. However hydrogen for light vehicles is about as relevant as the other crown visiting Australia this week.
Tesla powerwall 3 is coming to Australia in 2024. Its the same 13.5kWh battery storage capacity as the powerwall 2 but also has an inbuilt solar inverter and you can add extra battery capacity with a DC connection. Second pic is the existing powerwall 2. #allenergyau #tesla
When LocalPower started in solar in 2007, we installed many Sharp 175W-185W panels, which were made in Japan. They were 13.3% area efficient. Sharp left the Australian market in 2012 but are now back in 2023 with efficiencies over 21%. #sharp #AllEnergyAU
Bernard SheppardJacinta Allen just announced the SECV Strategic Plan: $1B 4.5GW Investment including commercial storage, 2.6GW near term, VIC gov announced as 100% renewable customer by 2025. #energy #energytransition #AllEnergyAU
Bidirectional EV chargers are coming in late 2024. How does upto 22kW DC to *and* from your EV sound? #allenergyau #V2G #V2H #V2L #V2X #solaredge #EV
Interesting discussion in the Energy Storage session about how #energymarkets enable #EnergyStorage solutions.
It wasn't until two-hour and four-hour markets opened up in markets like California that two-hour and four-hour batteries started being built.
If you build it (the market), they (the developers) will come.
The AEMC has finally, it seems, given up on multiple trading relationships (MTR) for small customers, but has not yet given up for large customers.
More than a decade after the last time this farcical rule change was shot down by industry (last time sponsored, from memory, by the now defunct Better Place battery swap car company), it appears to have heard the feedback again.
Innovative offerings in the retail space that integrate #DER are out there, from the smaller players like Amber to the large incumbents like Origin Energy.
For customers who want to engage with the market and get their DER monetised, all they need to do is to change retailer.
Minister D'Ambrosio also spoke about enhancing the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program with new or upgraded rebates for #fuelswitching and #heatpumps and improving the program as well as the training and accreditation needs to ensure that the program is safe and successful.
This is key to reducing the approximately 17% of Victorian emissions that are from fossil fuel (gas) used for domestic heating and hot water.
Hinted at were rebates for induction cooktops.
The last few minutes of the opening keynote session with Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio was the best when she explained clearly how a heat pump works.
It is what an Energy Minister should know, but it is rare that a) they do know, and b) they can explain it so clearly and succinctly.