The $8,800 interest free battery loan can, in some cases, wipe out upfront installation costs altogether and boost annual power bill savings to $1500.
Home battery rebates to be replaced by $8,800 interest free loans
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Australia’s first “notable” town is now at the bleeding edge of the solar and storage revolution
Maldon is famous for being largely unchanged since the 1850s. But on energy, the small goldrush-era town is hurtling into the future.
Solar apartments: New government funding seeks to crack the rooftop PV ceiling
A joint funding initiative from the federal and ACT governments will address one of the final frontiers of universal rooftop solar uptake – apartment buildings.
First Nations communities swelter without power. Why isn’t there solar on every rooftop?
Rooftop solar can work well for homes in remote First Nations communities – and stop them being cut off from power. So why isn't it widely available?
Rooftop solar tariffs trimmed as regulator urges more self consumption
NSW solar households could get slightly less for the solar they export to the grid come July, despite forecasts of a further jump in power prices.
Council taps Redflow battery system to help power animal shelter
A 30kWh zinc-bromine flow battery storage system will guarantee a constant power supply for animal rehoming centre experiencing regular grid outages.
Regulator taps new power to disqualify dodgy solar installer from SRES
Clean Energy Regulator issues first ever notice of intention to declare a solar installer ineligible to participate in the national rooftop PV incentive scheme.
How to ensure renters can cash-in on rooftop solar as electricity prices rise again
Further power price hikes will deepen the divide between solar haves and have-nots. New measures are needed to make sure renters can get in on the action.
Home battery rush looms as rebates about to be replaced by zero interest loans
Solar Homes battery rebate will close to applications in just over one month's time, as the scheme switches to a zero interest loan offering instead.
Tesla expands landmark battery-based VPP, including to homes with no solar
Tesla virtual power plant to be expanded to another 3,000 low income families, including those who cannot have rooftop solar but can have battery installed.
Indigenous communities to ditch diesel, as Labor upholds microgrid funding
Renewable microgrid funding, originally set aside in the 2021-22 federal budget, will slash the use of costly and polluting diesel in remote Indigenous communities.
Three strikes and out: Network warning to rooftop solar installers over inverters
Rooftop solar installers warned they will be sidelined if they fail to comply with strict new inverter installation standards.
Budget home energy funding a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task
If we assume most of our existing homes are below-par on energy performance, we will need to retrofit to more than 45 homes every hour between now and 2050.
Sungrow inverters cleared for compliance with flexible solar export rules
China inverter giant gains tick of compliance with South Australia's new technical requirements for flexible solar exports, as July deadline looms.
Most inverters for rooftop solar and storage wrongly installed, audit finds
Audit finds less than 30% of newly installed inverters for solar, batteries and EV chargers are configured to meet new standards crucial to grid integration.
New code of conduct for solar and battery installers as consumer protections tighten
Solar and battery providers must sign up to a tougher, broader, more tightly regulated standard of practice to participate in state rebate scheme.
