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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

Household battery uptake surges to record high amid market turmoil, rocketing prices

Household solar and battery microgrid set-ups are rising in popularity. (ABC Science: Belinda Smith)

Australian households rocked by surging power prices are increasingly turning to batteries as well as solar to ease their dependence on the grid, with the number of new systems soaring last year.

Figures from industry advocate SunWiz suggest there were more than 47,000 residential batteries installed across the country last year as energy markets went into meltdown and prices for millions of customers rose.

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