Solar installers are reporting big increases in home battery sales – even though for many households the economic equation has hardly shifted. So what’s changed?
Home battery boom: Are we being worried and annoyed into adding solar storage?
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ACT claims “highest home battery density” in Australia, as rebate scheme winds up
ACT winds up its home battery support scheme, after meeting its target of 5,000 units installed in homes and businesses.
Market chaos drives home battery boom, but supply and inequity could be a problem
Australia is finally having the home battery boom it has been anticipating for years, courtesy of an electricity market in crisis. But can supply keep up? And who gets left behind?
Rooftop solar and household batteries to take centre stage in rapid energy transition
AEMO’s 2022 Integrated System Plan underlines key role distributed solar and storage will play in Australia’s energy transition.
Victoria boosts home battery rebate in drive for VPP participants
Victorian households applying for the state government’s home battery rebate now have the option to get a bigger discount, in return for signing up to a virtual power plant.
Infinite Energy quits solar coaster, with closure of rooftop PV and battery business
Leading Australian solar installer and electricity retailer Infinite Energy is bowing out of the rooftop PV and battery business, citing changing sector dynamics and Covid.
WA mine boosts solar and storage so it can run on renewables only during day
Western Australian mining operation will boost its solar and storage capacity to allow it to run entirely with on-site renewables for up to nine hours a day.
Dairies powered by the sun and batteries: Trans-Tasman agrisolar start up gathers pace
NZ-based start up offering dairy farmers cheap and reliable solar and battery-backed power purchase deals has raised $4m from an Australian-led investment round.
Panasonic unveils new home battery in two sizes: big and bigger
New home battery storage offering from Panasonic suggests it expects US households to install bigger and bigger solar systems and aim for more and more independence from the grid.
US solar giant flexes battery muscles with first virtual power plant
SunPower invites its SunVault energy storage customers in a number of states in the US to sign up to its first virtual power plant offering, ConnectedSolutions.
