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Home battery storage systems are becoming one of the essential keys to a successful energy transition. Australia has understood this and has acted promptly to embrace the technology. Spain’s recent blackout suggests European countries have a lot of catching up to do. So can we do it?
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Reference Links
Renew Economy – Australians install 100,000 home battery systems in 17 weeks
Australians install 100,000 home battery systems in 17 weeks, and they are getting bigger
Australia Small Scall Renewable Energy Scheme
https://cer.gov.au/schemes/renewable-energy-target/small-scale-renewable-energy-scheme
IEA – Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions
https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/cb39c1bf-d2b3-446d-8c35-aae6b1f3a4a0/BatteriesandSecureEnergyTransitions.pdf
CSIRO Article
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2025/october/ocean-of-electricity
Global Battery Alliance research paper
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_A_Vision_for_a_Sustainable_Battery_Value_Chain_in_2030_Report.pdf
ABC – Rooftop solar ‘juggernaut’ risks grid overload
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-27/solar-juggernaut-sparks-first-low-demand-warning
Electrek – battery recycling article
Forget the myths: EV batteries are now more than 99% recyclable
Clean Energy Wire – Climate Change survey
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/global-surveys-show-peoples-growing-concern-about-climate-change
Our World in Data – stats on Solar PV costs
https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-panel-prices-have-fallen-by-around-20-every-time-global-capacity-doubled
Australian solar farm told to shut down due to over capacity of rooftop solar
Big battery told not to charge as rooftop solar repeatedly pushes grid demand below zero
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