{"id":64473,"date":"2022-08-16T08:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=64473"},"modified":"2023-11-23T13:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T04:04:03","slug":"solar-batteries-survey-mb2595","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-survey-mb2595\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Appetite For Solar Batteries In Australia, But &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Solar batteries in Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A recent survey indicates the majority of Australian solar owners are keen on getting a home battery &#8211; but there&#8217;s a common issue continuing to stand in the way of many doing so.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The survey by community group Solar Citizens revealed 84% of solar owners without a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">home battery<\/a> were interested in buying one in the next 3 years. 20% of solar owners surveyed already had one.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a huge amount of interest, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/cost\/\">cost of home batteries<\/a> is still seen as a major barrier to acquisition. Subsidies could get many of these folks over the line &#8211; but how much would the subsidy need to be? When asked this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>26% said $3-4,000 or more<\/li>\n<li>20% said $5-6,000 or more<\/li>\n<li>10% said the entire cost<\/li>\n<li>24% were unsure<\/li>\n<li>~ 7% said $1,000 &#8211; $2,000<\/li>\n<li>~ 7% said above $7,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Solar Battery Subsidies In Australia<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/rebates-subsidies\/\">subsidies for solar batteries<\/a> in Australia are confined to state government (and in some cases, local government) schemes. Unlike the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>&#8220;, there is no national scheme financially supporting home batteries. State\/territory programs at this point are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACT&#8217;s Next Gen Battery rebate ($3,500)<\/li>\n<li>Up to $2,950 in Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Up to $6,000 in NT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Australia did have a subsidy until recently, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sa-battery-subsidy-closed-mb2569\/\">SA Home Battery Scheme closed<\/a> to new applications late last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to see the Federal Government implement a Renewable Energy Storage Target to help more households utilise their cheap solar energy around the clock,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarcitizens.org.au\/clean_technology_the_solution_to_lower_bills_says_new_survey\">said<\/a>\u00a0 Solar Citizens&#8217; Deputy Director, Stephanie Gray.\u00a0 &#8220;This would be good news for the grid and help bring down prices for everyone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re eyeing solar batteries, check out SQ Founder Finn&#8217;s comprehensive guides to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/101-guides\/understanding-batteries\/\">understanding<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/101-guides\/buying-batteries\/\">buying<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/101-guides\/owning-batteries\/\">owning<\/a> home battery storage. It&#8217;s also worth reading Ronald&#8217;s article from yesterday summarising the results of extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/battery-testing-final-report\/\">home battery testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Australian Solar Owners Seeing Big Savings<\/h2>\n<p>The Solar Citizens survey also revealed the impact of having panels installed on electricity bills. 42 per cent of solar owners said they save more than 70 per cent, or are usually in credit. A further 20 per cent say they\u2019re saving more than 50 per cent on their bills.<\/p>\n<p>What wasn&#8217;t noted was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/how-does-solar-power-work\/how-much-power-do-i-need\/\">solar power system sizes<\/a> in relation to savings. Hundreds of thousands of solar systems out there (perhaps more) would be tiny by today&#8217;s standards.<\/p>\n<p>These days an entry-level system is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.6kW<\/a> capacity &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/10kw\/\">10kW solar systems<\/a> are becoming far more common. A 6.6kW system can put a huge dent in electricity bills, or averaged out over a year blow them away altogether depending on energy consumption profile. You can use SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar calculator<\/a> to get a good idea of the benefit of such a system (or larger, or smaller) in your circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Solar isn&#8217;t just bringing savings, but some peace of mind &#8211; and we could all do with a bit more of that in these crazy times. The survey found 49% of solar owners were moderately to extremely concerned about electricity costs; compared to 72% of those without solar.<\/p>\n<h2>Many Australians Keen To Get Off Gas<\/h2>\n<p>Full household electrification is one of The Next Big Things for energy in Australia. Survey says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A staggering 41 per cent of those surveyed who had gas in their households said they would definitely switch to electric alternatives with a government subsidy.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On a related note, we recently reported on an initiative seeking to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electrify-2515-rewiring-australia-mb2581\/\">Australia&#8217;s first fully electric community<\/a> (and that includes electric vehicles).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey indicates the majority of Australian solar owners are keen on getting a home battery &#8211; but there&#8217;s a common issue continuing to stand in the way of many doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":64478,"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-64473","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>Big Appetite For Solar Batteries In Australia, But ...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Majority of Australian solar owners are keen on getting a home battery - but there&#039;s an issue continuing to stand in the way of many doing so\" \/>\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-batteries-survey-mb2595\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Appetite For Solar Batteries In Australia, But ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Majority of Australian solar owners are keen on getting a home battery - but there&#039;s an issue continuing to stand in the way of many doing so\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-survey-mb2595\/\" \/>\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=\"2022-08-15T21:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-23T04:04:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.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-batteries-survey-mb2595\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-survey-mb2595\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Big Appetite For Solar Batteries In Australia, But &#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-15T21:41:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-23T04:04:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-survey-mb2595\/\"},\"wordCount\":576,\"commentCount\":30,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-survey-mb2595\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-batteries-australia.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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