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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Half a million and counting: Aussies power battery boom

By the pallet load. More Australians are opting to install a home battery under a government scheme. (Sarah Wilson/AAP PHOTOS)

More than half a million Australian households have installed a battery to tap into their own energy, government figures have revealed, in a trend experts predict will continue to lower electricity prices.

But action is needed to address households missing out on the current subsidies, they say, including apartment dwellers and renters.

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