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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Trial to test if electric vehicles can power homes

A Nissan Leaf electric car will be used for a trial to see if it can power the home when needed. (HANDOUT/ESSENTIAL ENERGY)

An electric car will be used to power a "house of the future" in regional Australia to test whether vehicle batteries could be used as energy solutions nationwide.

The CSIRO and power provider Essential Energy announced the trial on Tuesday, revealing vehicle-to-grid technology would be tested in NSW's Port Macquarie.

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