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Home battery rebates still adding 2,000 systems a day as total hurtles towards half a million installations
The Cheaper Home Batteries scheme is on track to notch up half a million installations in August, according to the latest tally, as the hugely successful federal government rebate continues to defy all expectations.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 29, 2026

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Storage

Watchdog warns spike in home battery complaints could damage consumer trust
Home batteries are flying off shelves and the consumer watchdog wants stronger protection to maintain confidence in the devices and accompanying products.
Poppy Johnston

Jul 10, 2026

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Solar

Home battery market undergoes “healthy reset,” as rooftop solar lingers in record territory
Australia’s home battery market is undergoing a “healthy reset,” new data shows, with battery sizes and installation numbers both falling.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 9, 2026

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Storage

One in 17 Australian homes now has a solar battery, as rebate installs pass 450,000 at one-year mark
Amid the hype around the launch of the Solar Sharer Offer, federal Labor’s flagship consumer energy policy quietly celebrated its first anniversary – with a new set of very impressive numbers.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 2, 2026

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Storage

“Boom far from over,” but 2025 goes down in history as the year home batteries went mainstream
New report released on first anniversary of Cheaper Home Batteries scheme confirms 2025 as a record smashing year for small-scale storage, and a game-changer for consumer energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 1, 2026

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Electrification

Solar Sharer is here, offering free power to all. Will it level the playing field, or benefit batteries most?
Solar Sharer may have been sold as an consumer equity policy, but it could have more success as a grid levelling policy.
Anne Delaney

Jul 1, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Once an afterthought, apartments are now leaders in solar and battery innovation
Allume co-founder and CEO Cameron Knox explains the barriers that have kept apartment residents locked out of clean energy, and the innovations now helping to overcome them.
Anne Delaney

Jun 23, 2026

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Storage

Home battery installations reach the 430,000 mark, but get smaller as new settings do their job
The number of home batteries installed through the federal rebate has now passed 430,000, as new rules start to rein in uptake and dial down average system size.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 11, 2026

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Storage

Passive home batteries deliver “enormous benefits” to the grid, says AEMO – even if not orchestrated in VPPs
Australia’s huge and growing fleet of home batteries are delivering “enormous benefits” to grid, even without being connected to VPPs, AEMO chief says.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 10, 2026

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Storage

Households still going big on solar and storage, but new battery rebate settings calm red-hot market
Changes to Cheaper Home Batteries scheme takes some heat out of a red-hot market – for both home solar and storage – but the numbers are still high.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 3, 2026

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Storage

Best-selling battery supplier installs 25,000 systems in a month, says bigger still better after rebate changes
China home battery maker that has topped Australian sales charts since March says ‘bigger is better’ still applies under the new rebate settings.
Sophie Vorrath

May 7, 2026

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Renewables

How rooftop solar and home batteries became “kryptonite” to big coal and the fossil fuel industry
Smart Energy Council chief uses one of his last speeches in the role to celebrate Australia’s bottom-up energy revolution, in which home solar and batteries have “changed the dial in a very significant way.”
Sophie Vorrath

May 6, 2026

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