Australia now has a standard for residential battery storage installations. We look at what it means for customers, and installers.
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Is this the end of household battery storage in Australia?
Strict new standards predicted to make household battery storage “really hard, really complicated and really expensive,” and will likely put a massive brake on demand.
Australia home battery industry at risk as CEC backs bunker mentality
Battery storage companies fear for future in Australia after CEC decides to support strict new standards that will send price of installation rocketing.
Twice defeated, Queensland government “finally” calls for solar industry roundtable
After second legal defeat in one month, Queensland government calls for “urgent industry roundtable” on solar safety – a meeting industry has been seeking for months.
Electricians reject Queensland solar rule: Adds “nothing but red tape”
Electricians body says new rules on solar installations are no good. “Our members didn’t do 4-year electrical apprenticeship (to) lift heavy solar panels.”
Carry On up the solar farm: Queensland’s baffling new solar rules
Slight alteration to Queensland’s new solar rules allows labourers to hold panels, but only if an electrician is holding them at the same time.
Call for rethink as Queensland solar rule change deadline looms
Last-ditch plea from Clean Energy Council to delay and reconsider a Queensland big solar rule change that threatens to cripple the state’s booming commercial sector.
Tesla’s Model 3 billed as safest car ever tested
Tesla’s “mass market” EV given top billing by US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for lowest and second lowest probability of injury rating of all cars tested.
Car makers turn to climate deniers in quest to lower fuel economy regulations
Last month, the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers submitted a report calling into question impacts of climate change and tailpipe pollutants in an effort to undercut the need for fuel economy regulation.
Standards Australia begins consultation on battery storage safety, regulations
Standards Australia kicks off consultations on the development of national battery storage standards to support the safe adoption and application of emerging battery technologies.
