Australia has launched new interactive maps of the electricity grid specifically to support decentralised usage of battery storage, renewable energy and smart demand management.
A company offering solar-plus-storage systems for the residential market has introduced a set of controls that allow consumers in the US to adapt to utility rates and legislative changes with the flick of a switch.
Shifting solar power for several hours using flow batteries will quickly become economically viable if the energy storage systems are also allowed to provide other services, such as grid-balancing, one maker of the devices has claimed.
