What if home battery storage systems could create STCs? This would surely help to push down battery storage system prices, which remain the main barrier to uptake at the moment.
Could battery storage get incentives like rooftop solar?
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Greens leader Greg Barber goes solar + Tesla storage to sidestep perverse energy markets
The home of the Victorian Greens leader has become the first in the state to install a Tesla Powerwall battery, alongside a 5kW solar system. Barber says solar plus storage is the only way to tackle Victoria’s “perverse” energy markets.
How farmers can calculate savings from solar + battery storage
NSW Farmers has updated its Solar PV + Battery Financial Analysis Calculator to more accurately estimate the financial performance of a given solar PV-battery system on the basis of the reduction of consumption of high-cost grid electricity.
The truth about battery ready solar systems
Do you want your new solar system to be ‘battery ready’? First you have to know what that actually means.
You've installed solar and battery storage. But is that smart?
Not all solar and storage systems are created equal. New energy management solutions – targeting the Australian market first – are hitting the market. There’s no point replicating the dumb grid inside your home.
Redflow says will compete with lithium, lead batteries on cost
Redflow says zinc bromine flow batteries will be cost-competitive with lithium-ion and lead acid rivals, with more cost reductions to come.
This battery storage revolution could happen quicker than we thought
Interest in battery storage is even stronger than the energy industry expected, helped along by the marketing power of Tesla, and interest from popular programs such as Catalyst. And consumers don’t seem to care about details such as returns on investment.
Redflow’s Hackett: Why batteries will not cause mass defection from grid
While cutting the power cord sounds good in theory, in practice consumers gain many more advantages from staying connected to the grid.
Redflow to start selling home battery storage in March
Australian battery storage company Redflow says a plug and play residential model of its zinc bromine technology will be launched on the Australian market in just over a month.
How to get the best value for money out of the coming home battery boom
Before jumping into the home battery market, make sure you do your research.
