baregrid

Energy laid bare.

A fortnightly newsletter on solar, batteries, and the transition out of fossil fuels. Real data from a real system. Written by the person building the monitoring software.

Kardella Park

Every issue starts with real numbers from a 13kW solar / 16kWh battery system in rural Tasmania. Generation, consumption, export, battery cycles, tariff arbitrage. What worked, what didn't, what the software learned.

Nobody else is publishing this level of operational transparency from a household energy system. That's the point.

What we cover

Field notes

Real generation data, battery cycling decisions, export revenue, and savings from a household solar+battery system.

Community energy

Cooperative solar farms, community batteries, solar gardens, and investment opportunities across Australia.

The transition

Policy, grid economics, electrification, and the practical implications for households and communities.

Energy intelligence

Smart monitoring, load shifting, EV charging optimisation, and what happens when your system starts making its own decisions.

The system
Solar 13 kW (33 panels)
Battery 16 kWh (Sungrow SBR)
Inverter Sungrow SH10RT hybrid
EV Kia EV3 (solar-charged)
Monitoring Pulse Solar (self-built)
Location Kardella Park, Tasmania
Newsletter

See what your grid is doing

Fortnightly. Real solar data, community energy news, and the energy transition from someone who runs the system and builds the software. No greenwash, no vibes.

About

Bare Grid Digest is part of the Bare publication family, alongside Bare Metal Digest and Bare Rent Digest. Same philosophy: strip away the noise, show the real numbers, and make expertise accessible to people who'd rather understand their systems than outsource the thinking.