{"id":57000,"date":"2021-12-15T05:26:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T18:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=57000"},"modified":"2022-08-31T16:49:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T06:19:57","slug":"solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg\" alt=\"Solar gardens and community batteries\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The latest Energy Consumer Sentiment survey carried out by Energy Consumers Australia included questions about community solar gardens and batteries.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is A Solar Garden?<\/h2>\n<p>For the many Australians currently locked out of direct solar savings &#8211; such as apartment dwellers &#8211; participating in a &#8220;solar garden&#8221; could provide that access. The concept involves participants leasing or buying plots in a large solar facility that may be located far from their homes, and receiving a credit on their electricity bills for the solar energy generated from their plot.<\/p>\n<p>An example of such a project we&#8217;ve mentioned here on SQ is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-garden-inner-west-mb1669\/\"> Haystacks Solar Garden initiative<\/a>, which is involving residents from Sydney\u2019s Inner West Council region around 500 kilometres away.<\/p>\n<p>Early this month, Labor Leader Anthony Albanese unveiled his party\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/labor-solar-batteries-mb2262\/\"> Powering Australia plan<\/a>, which includes $100 million direct investment to support around 25,000 households to own or lease part of a large solar installation; which Labor has called &#8220;solar banks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>December&#8217;s Energy Consumer Sentiment survey revealed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>55% of all those surveyed and 71% of families expressed interest in buying electricity generated by a local community solar garden.<\/li>\n<li>43% of household consumers said initiatives such as solar gardens should have government investment support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solar gardens are a great idea, but not the only solution available. For example, clever Australian-invented and manufactured tech called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solshare-victoria-award-mb2249\/\">SolShare<\/a> enables the energy output of a single rooftop solar system to be shared between separately metered apartments or units.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is A Community Battery?<\/h2>\n<p>Community batteries can work under different models, but all involve installing energy storage in a neighbourhood that slurps up surplus electricity being generated by local solar owners and releasing it when required.<\/p>\n<p>In some suburbs and towns, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">home solar power<\/a> has been so popular the surplus energy being generated is causing some challenges. It&#8217;s gotten to the point in some areas that new solar owners have exports severely limited, or zero export limits imposed &#8211; or they can&#8217;t get permission to install panels at all.<\/p>\n<p>Community batteries will play an important role in helping to stabilise local grids, provide more robust energy security generally and allow more rooftop solar to be installed.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about community batteries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>57% of those surveyed indicated interest in shared or community batteries, while 69% of family households expressed interest.<\/li>\n<li>43% of consumers believe that governments should subsidise community batteries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are already quite a few community batteries in place or in the pipeline around Australia thanks to various state government and utility initiatives.\u00a0 In some models, solar owners pay a small monthly fee to &#8220;bank&#8221; their surplus energy during the day and access this energy at night &#8211; avoiding the high upfront <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">cost of installing a solar battery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Again, Labor&#8217;s Powering Australia plan also promises cash for these initiatives &#8211; $200 million in grants over four years that the party says will deliver around 400 systems with a proposed 500kWh capacity each.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if the Coalition will recognise the potential of both solar gardens and community batteries for not just improving clean energy access for many Australians, but perhaps for scoring some votes in the process.<\/p>\n<p>More findings from the Energy Consumer Sentiment Survey: December 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/energyconsumersaustralia.com.au\/publications\/energy-consumer-sentiment-survey-findings-december-2021\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":57001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-14T18:56:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T06:19:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-14T18:56:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-31T06:19:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\"},\"wordCount\":556,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\",\"name\":\"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-14T18:56:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-31T06:19:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Solar gardens and community batteries\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think","description":"A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think","og_description":"A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2021-12-14T18:56:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-31T06:19:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think","datePublished":"2021-12-14T18:56:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-31T06:19:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/"},"wordCount":556,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar &amp; Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/","name":"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-14T18:56:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-31T06:19:57+00:00","description":"A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Solar gardens and community batteries"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-gardens-batteries-mb2274\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/community-solar-batteries.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-ePm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12980,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-consumer-survey-australia-mb0115\/","url_meta":{"origin":57000,"position":0},"title":"Strong Interest In Residential Solar And Batteries Continues In Australia","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Energy Consumers Australia's third national survey indicates 30% of Australian households intend installing solar panels and 36% will purchase battery storage in the next 5 years. The survey also found households continue to feel that services such as banking, internet and even gas offer better value for money than Australia's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Energy Consumer Sentiment Survey","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/energy-consumers-australia-survey.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/energy-consumers-australia-survey.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/energy-consumers-australia-survey.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/energy-consumers-australia-survey.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41994,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/strata-survey-solar-mb1632\/","url_meta":{"origin":57000,"position":1},"title":"Survey Seeks NSW Strata Owner\/Renter Feedback On Solar","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Strata apartment, townhouse and villa owners, committee members and tenants in NSW have been invited to have their say on barriers to installing sustainability infrastructure including solar panels and battery systems. Millions of households across Australia are benefiting from solar power; but a large group that has been left on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar power and strata properties in NSW","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/solar-strata-nsw.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/solar-strata-nsw.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/solar-strata-nsw.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/solar-strata-nsw.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/solar-strata-nsw.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68573,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/poll-battery-subsidies-mb2744\/","url_meta":{"origin":57000,"position":2},"title":"Australians Back National Home Battery Subsidy","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent national survey has indicated the vast majority of Australians believe the Federal Government should help make installing household battery storage more affordable. The promise of cheap, good quality home battery storage is yet to be realised. When the Tesla Powerwall 2 was launched nearly 6 years ago, it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar battery subsidies in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/australia-battery-subsidies.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/australia-battery-subsidies.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/australia-battery-subsidies.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/australia-battery-subsidies.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/australia-battery-subsidies.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64473,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-survey-mb2595\/","url_meta":{"origin":57000,"position":3},"title":"Big Appetite For Solar Batteries In Australia, But &#8230;","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent survey indicates the majority of Australian solar owners are keen on getting a home battery - but there's a common issue continuing to stand in the way of many doing so. The survey by community group Solar Citizens revealed 84% of solar owners without a home battery were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar batteries in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56687,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/labor-solar-batteries-mb2262\/","url_meta":{"origin":57000,"position":4},"title":"Labor Pledges &#8220;Solar Banks&#8221; And Community Batteries","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Among Labor's renewables related commitments are initiatives to make solar power accessible to some of the many Australians currently missing out. On Friday, Labor Leader Anthony Albanese unveiled his party's Powering Australia plan, which he says will slash greenhouse gas emissions 43 per cent by 2030, create more than 600,000\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powering Australia Plan - solar and batteries","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/powering-australia-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/powering-australia-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/powering-australia-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/powering-australia-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/powering-australia-solar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66774,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-battery-ev-intent-mb2684\/","url_meta":{"origin":57000,"position":5},"title":"Solar, Batteries &#038; EVs In Australia: Intent And Action","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Results from Energy Consumers Australia's latest ECBS survey provides insights into interest and action in relation to home solar, batteries and EV uptake. Based on fieldwork completed in the middle of August, ECA's latest Energy Consumer Behaviour Survey was carried out with a sample size of 2,384 households. In terms\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar, battery and EV uptake in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-battery-ev.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-battery-ev.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-battery-ev.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-battery-ev.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-battery-ev.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65048,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57000\/revisions\/65048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}