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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Royce Kurmelovs

Everything you need to know about Australia’s new home battery subsidy

A home battery
If you have a solar system and battery, you can bank power generated during the day when it is free and use it at night. Composite: Getty Images

It’s not an overstatement to say Australians love solar power. Without batteries, though, households have struggled to take full advantage of their rooftop systems. Either they don’t capture all the energy produced during the day or they lose their power when the grid goes down. Now the Australian government is looking to fix that with its cheaper home batteries program, which will come into effect from 1 July.

Here’s everything you need to know.

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