home battery

Home battery boom: Are we being worried and annoyed into adding solar storage?

Solar installers are reporting big increases in home battery sales – even though for many households the economic equation has…

February 14, 2023

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.

January 12, 2023

AGL partners with Plenti to offer generous home battery subsidy

The new subsidy, offered as part of a financing deal through Plenti, aims to drive battery uptake and participation in…

June 2, 2022

Regulator issues second urgent recall of “dangerous” LG batteries

ACCC says very few of the 7,200 potentially "dangerous" home battery systems recalled by LG Energy Solution more than a…

May 25, 2022

Home batteries “going gang-busters” in Victoria, but rebate faces cut

Victorian households wishing to get a $3,500 discount on a battery system will have to get in quickly, with a…

May 4, 2022

SolarEdge launches new smart home battery storage system in Australia

SolarEdge opens sales in Australia for its DC-coupled lithium-ion 9.7kWh Home Battery, alongside a new Energy Hub "high back-up power"…

March 24, 2022

Q Cells launches “sleek” new home battery in Australia, links in with Victoria VPP

Hanwha Q Cells taps Australia for international debut of new home battery system, Q.Home Core, with first batch taking part…

February 22, 2022

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…

November 19, 2021

Look, no solar! Why some homes are deciding on a battery-only strategy

How one non-solar household has slashed its power bills by investing in a home battery, and is expecting a three…

October 14, 2021

Musk says cell shortage means Tesla can’t meet Powerwall home battery demand

Elon Musk has laid bare the extent of Tesla's Powerwall 2 backlog, telling a Delaware court that demand is outpacing…

July 15, 2021