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South Australian electricity distributor SA Power Networks is trialling a new approach to integrating rooftop solar with the grid, using smart inverter technology.

A vulnerability in the Siemens Digsi 4 protocol, which allowed a denial-of-service attack against the company's SIPROTEC 4 protection relays, was discovered recently by the Israeli security outfit Claroty and fixed in co-ordination with Siemens.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has completed a 30 MW / 8 MWh grid-scale battery at the Dalrymple substation on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.

The first grid scale battery in Victoria has been officially commissioned in Ballarat as part of the Victorian Government’s $50 million energy storage initiative in partnership with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

New laws to protect critical infrastructure from malicious attack are a crucial step forward in protecting Australia’s economic nervous system from cyber attack, according to cyber security firm Macquarie Government.

The first big solar and big battery storage to be connected to the grid has started providing power to Far North Queensland homes and businesses.

A Victorian couple claims it is now powering its rural cottage entirely off-grid, using renewable energy after upgrading its solar panels and storage battery from battery company Redflow.

Researchers at security company ESET have discovered malware that could have done exactly what happened to Ukraine's power grid in December 2016, when the capital Kiev was deprived of power for an hour.