{"id":1126,"date":"2015-11-17T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T08:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2015-11-17T08:22:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T08:22:29","slug":"australia-will-become-the-largest-market-for-solar-home-battery-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/australia-will-become-the-largest-market-for-solar-home-battery-storage.htm","title":{"rendered":"Australia will become the largest market for solar home battery storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home energy storage batteries allow those with solar panels to store the excess energy they generate, meaning they can buy power from the electrical grid when prices are lowest, and use their own energy at more expensive times. Such batteries could be a &#8220;game changer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/dell\/inspiron-1545-battery.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1127 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/solar-home-battery-storage-battaussie-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"solar-home-battery-storage-battaussie\" width=\"506\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/solar-home-battery-storage-battaussie-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/solar-home-battery-storage-battaussie.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a>Australia&#8217;s many hours of sunlight, combined with new home battery storage technology, could seriously overhaul the way the country consumes energy, a new report claims.\u00a0The research, undertaken by independent climate change research non-profit, the Climate Council, suggests Australia will become one of the world&#8217;s largest markets for solar energy storage.<\/p>\n<p>As battery prices fall and electricity stays pricey, &#8220;going off-grid&#8221; using solar panels combined with home <a href=\"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/hp\/elitebook-2740p-battery.htm\">hp elitebook 2740p batteries<\/a>\u00a0storage could potentially be cheaper than staying on the grid by 2018. Currently\u00a0already 1.4 million Australian households power their homes with solar.\u00a0Household batteries will mean households can store the power they make and have the flexibility to use it later on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/hp\/probook-4710s-battery.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/hp-probook-4710s-battery.jpg\" alt=\"hp-probook-4710s-battery\" width=\"793\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/hp-probook-4710s-battery.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/hp-probook-4710s-battery-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAustralia leads the world in rooftop solar with more than twice the solar [energy system] penetration rates of the next country (Belgium) and more than three times the penetration of Germany, the U.S. and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>A number of home battery manufacturers are already entering the Australian market. In September, Tesla has announced its Powerwall home energy storage\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.batteriescompany.com\/hp-593554-001-laptop-battery.html\">hp 593554-001 batteries<\/a>\u00a0would launch in Australia in 2015. One of Australia&#8217;s largest energy companies, AGL, said in May it would also be bringing out a battery storage device for residential and small business properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home energy storage batteries allow those with solar panels to store the excess energy they generate, meaning they can buy power from the electrical grid when prices are lowest, and use their own energy at more expensive times. 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