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Australia’s Home Batteries Hit 500,000 as US Credit Ends

Australia’s Home Batteries Hit 500,000 as US Credit Ends

Aug 19, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy

Australia has installed more than 507,000 subsidised home batteries in the thirteen months since it switched on a national rebate, crossing half a million in mid-August 2026 and parking roughly 14 GWh of storage behind household meters. The United States spent the...
Net Metering Is Ending. Homeowners Are Buying Batteries.

Net Metering Is Ending. Homeowners Are Buying Batteries.

Aug 1, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy

The share of new Californian home solar installations that came with a battery attached rose from 14% in 2023 to 57% in 2024, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nothing about batteries changed in that window. What changed was that California stopped...