home batteries Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Illegal use of plug-in batteries adds urgency to campaign to approve balcony solar
A handful of Australians are already plugging in portable home batteries – illegally – suggesting that rules may need to change soon to deal with demand.
Rachel Williamson

Jun 2, 2026

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Electrification

Bunnings extends zero up-front home solar and battery deal to three new states
Bunnings is rolling out its solar-battery subscription service to cities across the east coast after proving the idea in a trial across Sydney and Newcastle.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 24, 2026

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Storage

Rebates “strapped a rocket” to home battery demand, but has rooftop solar peaked?
New report confirms that the federal home battery rebate has put a rocket under national demand. But has rooftop solar reached critical mass?
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 3, 2026

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Battery

Sigenergy crowned top home battery supplier in Australia, trumping Tesla and Sungrow
Less than three years after launching its home battery product, Sigenergy has dominated the Australian market, becoming the biggest seller in 2025.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 21, 2026

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Battery

Community batteries now cheaper to install than home storage, Ausgrid says
The cost per kilowatt hour of community batteries has plunged, says Ausgrid, making them competitive even with subsidised home batteries.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 18, 2025

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Storage

Households on track to add five “biggest batteries” in six months, as rebate installs rocket towards 175,000
Federal Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries rebate is expected to have received a whopping 175,000 applications by the end of 2025.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 28, 2025

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Australia’s top-selling home battery issues limited recall over “risk of fire”
Sigenergy, whose home batteries have topped the charts for market share in Australia since March, has issued a product recall after reports of overheating inverter components and melted plugs.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 24, 2025

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Utilities

Not everyone hates Ausgrid’s proposal to encourage and manage rooftop solar-batteries
Industry and consumer advocates are aghast at Ausgrid’s pitch to move into rooftop solar and batteries, but not everyone is against it.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 29, 2025

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Markets

Regulator outlines fears of AIs and battery trading collusion, but home batteries could save the day
A just-published paper from AEMC reveals its concerns about potential AI collusion in battery trading, but says home batteries could offset some of the impacts.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 9, 2025

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Storage

“This is not inner-city, latte-sipping lefties:” Bowen hails regions as battery rebate numbers surge
Australians install six months-worth of energy storage capacity in one month, as suburban and regional households embrace Cheaper Home Batteries.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 2, 2025

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Storage

Home battery uptake hits record high in market primed for rebate “gold rush”
Australian households installed a record-setting number of home batteries in 2024, as the market gears up for a boom driven by the July introduction of the federal rebate.
Sophie Vorrath

May 20, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Bowen says design of battery scheme leaves “zero chance” it will increase electricity prices
Federal Labor’s battery rebate would include an important tweak to SRES to ensure there is “zero chance” it will put upward pressure on electricity prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 10, 2025

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