Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Home Battery Rebate Reduction: See The Impact 

Chris Bowen - home battery rebates

Subsidies for Australia’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program (CHBP) are being adjusted to ensure the program’s ongoing viability out to the intended finish date. We take a look at the impact the rebate reduction will have on financial support for some popular home storage systems. [Read more…]

Delta’s Power Pole Mounted EV Charger Hits Prime Time

Delta RapidPost 50 pole mounted EV charger

Delta Electronics has announced it has begun rolling out the RapidPost 50; what the firm says is Australia’s first 50kW DC EV charger that can be directly mounted onto street power poles. [Read more…]

Runaway Home Battery Rebate Forces Rethink

Australian home battery rebate changes needed

The success of the Albanese Government’s home battery rebate is piling pressure on the program’s funding and policy settings. A Smart Energy Council meeting yesterday tackled what could be needed to keep it going until its originally intended end date. [Read more…]

LG Home Battery Recall Continues — Yes, Still. 

LG battery fires

At last published count, a substantial number of LG Energy Solution (LGES) solar batteries at risk of fire and subject to a recall that began in Australia nearly *5* years ago remain unrectified. [Read more…]

It’s Official: Energy Bill Relief Fund Rebates To End

Energy Bill Relief Fund

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the Albanese government’s federal subsidy taking some of the sting out of electricity bills will not be further extended. [Read more…]

Green Light For Ausgrid Community Power Network Trial

Ausgrid Community Power Network Trial

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has granted New South Wales electricity distributor Ausgrid a controversial trial waiver so it can experiment with the co-ordination of community batteries and private solar power installations within part of its networks. [Read more…]

Australian Households Struggling With Rising Energy Bills

December 2025 Consumer Energy Report Card

A new survey report on Australian household priorities, requirements, concerns, attitudes towards and engagement with the energy system from Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) has been released, indicating many are continuing to struggle with paying their electricity and gas bills. [Read more…]

SolarEdge 3-Phase Battery + Hybrid Inverter Get AU Approval

SolarEdge Home Hub Universal 3-phase hybrid inverter and battery

Solar inverter, optimiser, battery storage and EV charger manufacturer SolarEdge has announced its Home Hub Universal 3-phase inverter was last week approved by the Clean Energy Council for use in Australia, following the CEC’s recent tick for the company’s 3-phase battery system. [Read more…]

Australia’s Solar Sunshot Initiative: Return Of The Sun King

Hunter Valley Solar Foundry Project

Dr. Zhengrong Shi’s Sunman Group has been conditionally granted a bundle of bucks to set up a solar panel manufacturing facility in New South Wales. [Read more…]

NSW Hits Major EV Registration Milestone

EV uptake in New South Wales

Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) uptake is continuing to rise in New South Wales, comprising 8.6 per cent of new light vehicle sales this year to the end of Q3 2025; helped along by the increase in public charging infrastructure. It’s a big jump up from just 0.7 per cent in 2020. [Read more…]

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