The Duck Curve: Why Midday Solar Is Changing Electricity Prices
5:16 pm 15 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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As rooftop solar grows, grid demand sags at midday and climbs steeply after sunset, a shape nicknamed the duck curve. Learn why it forms, what it does to wholesale prices and household tariffs, and how storage and flexible demand help flatten it.
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Vehicle-to-Grid and Vehicle-to-Home: How Bidirectional Charging Works
5:06 pm 12 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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Bidirectional charging lets an electric vehicle's battery power a home or export to the grid. Learn how DC bidirectional chargers work, what approvals are involved in general terms, where the technology is useful and its current limitations.
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Community Batteries Explained
5:14 pm 11 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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A community battery stores midday solar for a whole street and releases it in the evening. Learn how shared neighbourhood storage works, the common program models, and how it compares with owning a home battery.
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How Commercial Battery Systems (BESS) Work
10:31 pm 10 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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A commercial battery energy storage system is more than a large battery. Learn how cells, racks, the power conversion system and the energy management system work together, how cabinet and containerised systems differ, and how safety is engineered in.
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Where Rooftop Solar Fits in Australia's Energy Transition
5:02 pm 3 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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Rooftop solar is one piece of a larger shift from coal-fired power to renewables, storage and smarter networks. This explainer covers what distributed solar contributes, the challenges it creates and how households can work with the changing grid.
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Hydrogen and Solar: What Role Could Hydrogen Play?
10:53 pm 2 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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Solar power can make hydrogen by splitting water, but every conversion step loses energy. This explainer covers how electrolysis works, where the losses occur, why hydrogen suits heavy industry better than homes and what a realistic outlook looks like.
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Energy Storage Beyond Lithium: Sodium-Ion, Flow and Thermal Storage
5:36 pm 2 September 2026 Blue Energy Solar
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Lithium-ion dominates home batteries, but other storage technologies are maturing. This balanced explainer covers how sodium-ion, flow batteries and thermal storage work, their strengths and limitations, and where each may realistically fit.
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