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12/05/2026

Queensland's Tumuruu Project: 400 MW Solar + 2 GWh Battery Approved ⚡

The news
On 11 May 2026, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water gave federal approval to the Tumuruu project — a 400 MW solar farm paired with a 2,000 MWh battery energy storage system on a 673-hectare site north of Blackbutt, in Queensland's South Burnett region. The project is being developed by Australian Solar Enterprises (ASE), with a final investment decision targeted for later this year and operations expected to start in 2028.

2,000 MWh — that's 2 GWh — puts Tumuruu among the largest battery storage projects in Australia by capacity. For context, that single project can store as much electricity as around 100,000 typical home batteries combined.

The site will use grid-forming inverters, which means the battery system can help stabilise grid frequency and voltage on its own — a capability that conventional inverters don't have, and one that becomes increasingly important as more renewable generation enters the network.

For South-East Queensland households and businesses, the practical implications are downstream rather than immediate:
- More renewable generation on the grid through the late 2020s
- More large-scale storage smoothing out the midday solar peak and the evening demand peak
- Continued pressure on coal generation economics, which feeds into wholesale electricity prices
- A clearer signal that battery storage — at every scale, from household to grid — is core infrastructure rather than a niche add-on

Want to talk through what this means for your home or business? We're happy to walk through the numbers using your actual usage data.

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Call us: 1300 716 916
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Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

09/05/2026

How AI's Power Demand Is Driving a Global Energy Storage Boom ⚡

Energy storage and on-site generation have become one of the most active sectors in global energy markets right now. Companies like Bloom Energy, Fluence Energy, Tesla's Megapack division and Plug Power are getting widespread attention — not because of clever marketing, but because the world has run into a structural problem: AI needs more power than the grid can deliver fast enough.

What's happening
A single large AI data centre consumes roughly the equivalent of 100,000 homes. Goldman Sachs projects global data centre power demand will rise 220% by 2030 versus 2023. US data centres already account for over 7% of national electricity consumption, and that share is climbing.

Why storage suddenly matters at this scale
The fundamental problem storage solves is timing. Solar generates abundantly at midday. Demand peaks in the evening. Wind blows when it blows, not when you need it.

Without storage, none of these mismatches resolve cleanly

The companies driving the story
- Bloom Energy: solid oxide fuel cells, deployable on-site in months without waiting for grid expansion
- Fluence Energy: utility-scale battery storage systems, around 50 GWh deployed across roughly 300 projects worldwide
- Tesla Megapack: utility-scale battery storage, now a meaningful share of Tesla's overall business
- Plug Power: hydrogen fuel cells, used in data centres and heavy-duty applications

EverySolar's day job is at the household end of this same supply chain: taking the technology that's powering global AI infrastructure and applying it to homes that want energy independence and cost stability. We watch the global story closely because it shapes what's available locally.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

07/05/2026

Q1 Report: Australia's Battery Storage Tripled Year-on-Year ⚡

The news
AEMO's Quarterly Energy Dynamics report for Q1 2026 paints a clear picture of where the National Electricity Market is heading. Battery storage is no longer a supporting player — it's now a core piece of the grid.

The headline numbers
- Total grid-scale battery storage in the NEM passed 8,000 MW by the end of Q1 2026
- 4,445 MW of new large-scale BESS came online in just the past 12 months — more than doubling installed capacity
- Average daytime-to-evening energy shifting hit 359 MW, more than triple the 98 MW recorded in Q1 2025
- Peak battery discharge hit a record 3,556 MW on the evening of 7 January, 23% higher than the previous Q4 2025 peak

What this means for households
The behaviour the grid is now doing at industrial scale is exactly what a home battery does for one household — store cheap midday solar, use it during expensive evening hours.

Two takeaways:
- The economics of solar + battery at the household level are being structurally validated. If 8,000 MW of grid-scale capital agrees with the model, that's a strong signal
- The "midday cheap, evening expensive" pattern AEMO's data confirms is going to widen, not narrow, over the next five years. Households without storage stay exposed to the spread; households with storage capture it

Our take
This is the underlying force behind a lot of the consumer-side news lately — the federal battery rebate, Victoria's Midday Power Saver, the broader push toward time-of-use tariffs. They're all downstream of the same shift AEMO is documenting at the grid level.

If you've been on the fence about a battery, AEMO's Q1 numbers are basically the macro version of the case we make at the household level.

Want to see what this looks like for your home? We're happy to model it with your actual usage data.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

05/05/2026

Sungrow Battery Install in Brisbane — Eight Mile Plains Showcase ⚡

We've just wrapped up a clean Sungrow battery install for a homeowner in Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane — and it's a good showcase of how a well-designed modular battery system fits into an Australian garage.

What was installed
- Battery brand: Sungrow (one of the largest solar inverter and storage manufacturers globally)
- Battery configuration: two cabinets installed side-by-side, each made up of multiple stacked modules
- Inverter: matched Sungrow hybrid inverter, wall-mounted above the batteries
- Install location: garage, with white safety bollards bolted into the slab in front of each cabinet

Why this design works
The two-cabinet approach gives the homeowner a few practical advantages over a single oversized unit. If one cabinet ever needs servicing, the other keeps running — useful for households that don't want any battery downtime. It also makes the install flexible to grow over time. Sungrow's modular design lets you add capacity by stacking more modules per cabinet, or by adding a third cabinet later, without re-doing the existing setup.

The matched inverter and battery from the same brand means the communication protocol is unified. The whole system talks to itself cleanly — better load forecasting, smoother charge and discharge cycling, and more reliable backup behaviour if there's a grid event.

Who's this kind of install for?
This sort of two-cabinet Sungrow setup makes sense if your household ticks a few of these:
- Above-average daily usage (25-30 kWh+)
- Existing or planned EV
- Wants peace of mind for grid outages
- Plans to be in the home long enough to recover the investment
- Wants the option to expand storage later without major rework

Want to see what a Sungrow setup would look like for your place? We're happy to walk through the options based on your actual usage data.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

02/05/2026

Federal Battery Rebate Restructured From May 1 — Who Gains, Who Loses 🇦🇺

The news
The Federal Government's Cheaper Home Batteries Program shifted to a tiered rebate model on 1 May 2026. Instead of a flat per-kWh discount, rebate value now depends on which size bracket your battery falls into — and the structural shift is already affecting the maths for new installs.

The new tiered structure
The base rebate is $244 per kWh, applied as follows:
- First 14 kWh: 100% rate ($244/kWh)
- 15-28 kWh: 60% rate ($146.40/kWh)
- 29-50 kWh: 15% rate ($36.60/kWh)
- Over 50 kWh: no rebate

The rebate amount also now declines every six months instead of annually, with the decline rate accelerated to keep the headline discount around 30% as battery prices fall.

What this looks like in dollars
- 10 kWh system: $2,440 rebate (unchanged from old model)
- 15 kWh system: $3,562 rebate
- 20 kWh system: $4,294 rebate
- 27 kWh system: $5,319 rebate (down from roughly $8,100 under the old flat model)
- 30 kWh system: $5,539 rebate

Smaller systems (under 14 kWh) are essentially unaffected — they still get the full rate. The bigger your battery, the bigger the gap between old and new.

Why the change
The Government's stated rationale is to stop what the industry calls "rebate chasing" — households installing oversized batteries primarily to maximise the rebate, not because they need the capacity. By tapering the rate beyond 14 kWh, the new model spreads rebate funding across more households and steers buyers toward right-sizing their systems.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

30/04/2026

Sigenergy 15kW Inverter + 40kWh Battery — Real-World Install Walkthrough ⚡

We've just wrapped up one of the more ambitious Sigenergy installs we've done this year and it's worth a closer look.

What was installed
- Inverter: Sigenergy SigenStor EC 15.0 TP × 1
- Battery: Sigenergy SigenStor BAT 8.0 × 5 (40 kWh total)
- Gateway: Sigen Energy Gateway, Single Phase × 1

Why this setup stands out

15kW of inverter capacity is genuinely premium territory for a residential system. For homes with strong midday solar generation, this means there's no inverter bottleneck during peak sun — every watt your panels produce is available, whether it's powering the home, charging the battery, or exporting.

The 40 kWh battery capacity is approaching commercial-scale storage. For a typical Australian household using 25-30 kWh a day, that's well over a full day's autonomy. For homes running an EV, ducted aircon, and a pool pump, it gives you the headroom to keep daytime solar working well into the evening.

The Gateway makes this a full backup system

This is the part homeowners often underestimate. Adding the Sigen Energy Gateway turns the system into a true blackout-backup setup — when the grid goes down, your fridge, lighting, internet, and essential appliances keep running automatically. No flickers, no manual switching.

For Queensland and Victoria homeowners who've sat through a few grid outages over the past summer, that's the kind of feature you only really appreciate the first time you actually need it.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

28/04/2026

Solar Sharer Confirmed: Free Daytime Power From July 2026 🇦🇺

Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed the Solar Sharer Offer will roll out from 1 July 2026, giving participating households at least three hours of free electricity each day during the middle of the day. The first regions to get it are South-East QLD, NSW, and South Australia.

This is an opt-in offer, not a mandatory plan switch. Households who sign up will get a daily free-power window — typically aligned with the midday solar-rich period.

Here's the practical takeaway: shifting energy-heavy tasks (laundry, dishwasher, hot water boost, EV charging) into that window means real savings, even if you don't have solar at all. If you do have solar plus a battery, the window becomes a chance to charge from the grid for free, then run your evenings on stored power.

Our take
This is a clear signal about where electricity pricing is heading in Australia — daytime usage is going to be increasingly rewarded, evenings increasingly penalised. The retailers will offer different Solar Sharer plans, so the "best" option will vary by household.

If you've been thinking about a battery, this changes the maths. If you already have one, it might be worth checking your charge schedule once your retailer publishes its plan details.

Want to talk through what this means for your setup? We're happy to run the numbers with you.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

24/04/2026

Which Way Should Your Solar Panels Face? Real Numbers for Australian Homes ☀️

The rule for Australia: north is best

Using north-facing output as the benchmark (100%), here's how other orientations compare:

North-east / North-west: around 95% output (5% less)
Due east / Due west: around 88% (12% less)
East-west split panels: around 88% total
Due south: 28% less in Sydney, 17% less in Townsville, 15% less in Darwin (the further north you are, the smaller the gap)
If you only have east or west roof space, don't write it off. The 12% annual loss comes with a useful trade-off: generation shifts to morning and afternoon, which often matches household usage better and improves self-consumption.

Shading is the real output killer

Orientation loses you 5-20%, which is manageable. But if a tree shadow hits even one cell on a panel, the whole string connected to that panel can drop in output — sometimes 30-50%.

How to deal with partial shading:

Microinverters: each panel operates independently, so shade on one doesn't drag the others down
Power optimisers: similar effect, paired with a string inverter
Best approach: a proper shading analysis before installation so panel positions avoid shadows in the first place
Roof pitch matters less than you'd think

The optimal tilt varies by state (around 22° in QLD up to 37° in Tasmania), but most Australian roofs fall in the 15-30° range, which is within 5% of optimal. Usually not worth stressing about.

Our take
Orientation and shading decisions happen before you sign the contract, not after. A good installer simulates annual sun paths in design software and positions panels accordingly. Getting the pre-installation assessment right saves a lot more than trying to fix things after the fact.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

23/04/2026

South Australia Opens 11,000 sq km for Renewable Energy Development 🇦🇺

The news
The South Australian government has just opened more than 11,000 square kilometres of land — roughly twice the size of Kangaroo Island — to tenders for solar, wind, battery storage, and hydrogen projects. The 13-week tender window closes 28 June 2026.

The two release areas

Gawler Ranges East on the Upper Eyre Peninsula: around 5,200 km²
Whyalla West in the Upper Spencer Gulf region: around 6,500 km²
Both areas have strong solar and wind resources. The tender is technology-agnostic — developers can propose solar, wind, storage, hydrogen, or any combination that makes sense for the land.

Why this one matters

This is the first major tender issued under South Australia's Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act 2023 — an Australian-first legislative framework. Unlike traditional project approvals, the HRE Act requires bidders to address:

Formal engagement with Native Title holders
Environmental management credentials
Direct benefits to local communities and the state
Government modelling estimates the released land could ultimately support enough generation to power around 500,000 homes.

South Australia is already one of the cleanest-energy states in the country. Adding 11,000 sq km of development capacity means further pressure on the wholesale pricing structure over the next decade. That's a positive long-term signal for SA households, and it eventually reaches other states via the EnergyConnect interconnector and other transmission infrastructure.

When a single state opens land bigger than some European countries for renewables, it's worth paying attention. The logic at the household level is the same as the state level — generation paired with storage is where the next decade is going. If you're planning a system, factor that direction into your decision.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

21/04/2026

Amazon Signs 430MW of New Renewable PPAs in Australia

The news
Amazon Australia has just announced nine new power purchase agreements totalling 430MW of renewable capacity, with battery storage featuring in almost every project. The deals span New South Wales and Victoria.

Key projects

OX2's Muswellbrook (NSW): 135MW solar + 270MWh battery
X-ELIO's Forest Glen (NSW): 90MW solar + 25MWh battery
European Energy's Mokoan (VIC): 80MWh battery bolted onto an existing 58MW solar farm
A handful of smaller 5MW solar-plus-storage sites across both states
Why it matters
Amazon has now invested roughly $2.8 billion in Australian renewables since 2020. In 2025 it was the country's largest corporate buyer of carbon-free energy. Once this new portfolio comes online, Amazon's combined capacity will hit around 990MW — enough to power the equivalent of 500,000 Australian homes for a year.

What it signals for homeowners
Big corporate PPAs lock in long-term demand for clean power, which in turn drives investment in grid-scale solar and storage. That supports grid reliability and puts some downward pressure on wholesale pricing.

The other signal is obvious: almost every new project includes batteries. Whether at utility scale or on your rooftop, solar-plus-storage has become the default. The logic that applies at the grid level — that storage is what makes renewable generation actually useful — applies just as strongly to the household.

Our take
If you've already got rooftop solar but haven't added a battery, or you're planning a new system, this is a direction worth seriously considering. The pattern at corporate scale and household scale is the same: generation plus storage is where the next decade is heading.

Get a quote: https://everysolar.com.au/
Call us: 1300 716 916
QLD: 1/6 Overlord Place, Acacia Ridge
Melbourne: Office 8, 10A/857-859 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East VIC 3108

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