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Solar batteries are about taking control of your power generation and consumption.
Thousands of Australians have realised they can get more out of their panels than just feeding excess energy back into the grid for a small feed-in tariff. Solar batteries allow solar power generated during the day to be stored for use at night or on cloudy days when solar panels cannot generate electricity. Adding a battery to a residential solar system can double the amount of self-generated electricity consumption!
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Updated September 2022: there are several active solar battery rebate and incentive programs in Australia, which vary by state and territory:
You might be interested in the Solar Victoria Virtual Power Plant (VPP) if you’re considering installing a solar battery or solar PV panels and a battery simultaneously. For qualified Victorians who enrol in a VPP program, the VPP pilot program gives increased solar battery rebates at a fixed rate of $4,174 towards the initial cost of a solar battery and installation.
The New South Wales government offered an interest-free loan of up to $14,000 for homeowners who installed a solar power system with batteries and up to $9,000 for adding batteries to an existing installation. This program is now CLOSED as of July 31, 2022. Click this link for more information.
Replacing the Empowering Home Solar Battery Loan will be the $128 million Energy Bill Buster. Thousands of households will soon be able to reduce their energy costs through solar and home appliance renovations.
Currently, an energy refund is provided to one-third of NSW citizens. If you receive the Low Income Household Rebate, you might be able to trade in your rebate for a free solar system or energy-saving modifications. You can read more about this initiative here.
In 2018, the Home Battery Scheme opened and intended to deliver battery subsidies to 40,000 homeowners, which offered a $6,000 subsidy before reducing it to $2,000 over time. South Australia’s state government budget was released in June 2022 and announced that the Home Battery Scheme would be DISCONTINUED.
If you are interested in installing a solar battery or already have one, consider participating in South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP). The VPP provides owners of solar batteries incentives to feed their stored electricity back into the grid at designated times. Visit our VPP page for further details.
The ACT’s Next Gen Program provides rebates to households and businesses who want to install solar batteries. The program is open to all ACT residents except those living in the Jervis Bay Territory. Next Gen’s approved installer must also install the battery system to qualify for the rebate. The eligibility requirements and the list of authorised installers are available here:
The scheme will run until 2026 unless extended. You can read more here.
Though WA does not offer any rebates for solar batteries, you can participate in the Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme (DEBS) if you have a solar system and/or solar battery.
The Time of Export payments encourages participants to export stored electricity during the late afternoon and evening periods when electricity demand and the wholesale cost of electricity are higher. Click here to learn if your home is eligible and how much payment you can expect to earn in return.
A subsidy of $450 per kilowatt hour of usable solar battery system capacity, up to a maximum incentive of $6,000, is available to eligible Northern Territory (NT) households, businesses or non-profit organisations.
You can apply if you’re:
You can use the funding to buy and install:
Note: You CANNOT use the funding to install a solar PV system on its own.
The following states and territories currently have NO solar battery rebates or incentives:
Tasmania
Queensland
Our professional solar installers in Brisbane will assess and determine your energy needs. We customise a solar panel system in Brisbane to fit the roof size of your property, ensuring you receive the most suitable solar panel system for your Brisbane home, meeting to property’s energy requirements.
The Australian federal government delivers the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES), which provides subsidies on all eligible small-scale renewable energy systems (such as solar PV systems, solar batteries, and heat pumps) in the form of Small-Scale Technology Certificates (STCs).
Each system will receive a specific number of STCs based on the solar system and your location. Each STC has a monetary value that can either be sold on the open market or signed over to your installer, who will exchange the total value of the STCs for a point-of-sale discount on the cost of your solar system. This means that you can expect to save thousands on your solar battery! Click here to learn more about Australian solar rebates and incentives.
What’s more, Energy Matters can help you make an informed decision and the perfect option on the suitability of a solar battery with our Solar Power and Battery Storage Calculator.
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