A national forum on residential battery storage is being held at the ACT Legislative Assembly today.
Part of the forum’s aim is find strategies to boost the uptake of home battery systems, plus help identify barriers and solutions to those challenges.
The key component of solar cells, Polysilicon, has dropped to record low prices and isn’t expected to rise any time soon.
Polysilicon is form of silicon that is hyper pure, and the second most abundant element on earth.
Silicon based Solar PV modules use polysilicon as an initial building block in manufacturing.
Home battery storage is set to revolutionise the way homes and cars get their energy, and Queensland’s solar homeowners want their state to lead the charge.
A survey released today of nearly 700 solar owners in Queensland found 92% of people want the State Government to introduce a support program to kick start the battery storage industry in the state.
The NSW Government should rule out any plan by the State Government-owned electricity networks for a new charge on solar homes, according to Solar Citizens.
Following a Channel 7 news story last night, the networks claim they will move away from a proposed ‘sun tax’ but legislation would give solar homeowners greater certainty, said Reece Turner, Consumer Campaigner at Solar Citizens.