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Home batteries and rooftop solar have become enormously popular. But while powerful, these technologies won’t let us get rid of the grid.
Four experts explain why the design of your home matters more than the size of your home battery.
Rolling out a new program to encourage electric hot water could slash household costs and cut emissions.
Like solar, the first households to embrace home batteries have been wealthy. We need to move away from first-come, first-secured schemes.
Australians are installing home batteries at record rates. They could be used not just to cut bills but as a backup after a natural disaster.
Early warnings about the Cheaper Home Batteries Program have come true. But there are ways to fix it.
Moving a home or car battery from Melbourne to Perth can require multiple permits. Australia and New Zealand need smarter standards – or we’ll all pay the price.
Labor’s promised subsidies for home batteries have to be well targeted. If not, they could simply make rich households richer.
Your EV battery is much larger than a home battery. But until now, Australian drivers haven’t been able to run their homes off their cars – or sell power back to the grid. That’s about to change.
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