I find it disappointing that the Federal Government is dragging its feet when it comes to repowering Australia with clean, cheap renewable power, especially considering recent survey results that show that 84% of people back renewables over coal-fired power generation.
Australia’s energy and environment minister has hailed the country’s accelerating residential energy storage sales as a report has emerged from Chief Scientist Dr. Alan Finkel which says the “financial equation is straightforward” for adding batteries to home PV systems.
Solar battery systems are slashing power bills in 100 South Australian homes as Tesla’s virtual power plant program kicks off.
The announcement was made by the South Australian Government yesterday.
The Sydney suburb of Kurnell will host the first new housing development outside Europe to use a solar-sharing plan to cut electricity bills to zero.