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What blackout? Home batteries power through Queensland coal plant calamity
Sophie Vorrath26 May 20210 comments

While debate builds around whether more big batteries could have saved the day in Queensland on Tuesday, the benefits of having home batteries during a coal plant explosion are crystal clear.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Featured, Tariffs
Australia’s “father of PV” says your next rooftop solar system might be tens of kilowatts
Sophie Vorrath20 May 20210 comments

UNSW's Martin Green says the average Australian solar household will soon be installing "tens of kilowatts" on their rooftops, as costs continue to fall.

Solar, Featured, Off-Grid, Tariffs
Solar tax could trigger a mass exodus from the grid, new survey says
Sophie Vorrath12 May 20210 comments

Survey finds solar households overwhelmingly oppose the AEMC's proposed rooftop solar tax, but how many would rather quit the grid than pay to export their power?

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