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A Private Members Bill introduced in February aiming to make home batteries cheaper may have lapsed, but its spirit lives on in recent recommendations from the Smart Energy Council.<\/p>\n

In order to achieve 82% renewables or a 43% emissions reduction by 2030, the Smart Energy Council says Australia’s going to need *a lot* of battery storage – including a bunch of home batteries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many of Australia’s solar power system owners are willing and wanting to install a home battery, but cost remains a major barrier. There are some subsidies<\/a> and “no interest” loan schemes available in several states and territories, but the cupboard is bare at a national level.<\/p>\n

In February 2022, Member for Indi Dr. Helen Haines introduced a Private Members Bill \u2013 the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Cheaper Home Batteries) Bill 2022<\/a>. The legislation sought to reduce the up-front cost of installing solar batteries by including residential energy storage under Australia’s Small-scale Technology Certificate (STC) scheme; which is part of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES). STCs are the mechanism directly connected to the national “solar rebate”.<\/p>\n

Dr. Haines’ bill lapsed on 11 April 2022 with the calling of the federal election.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Smart Energy Council released a report titled “Unleashing Renewable Energy Storage”. The Executive Summary states:<\/p>\n

“We need household battery storage, electric vehicles as batteries on wheels, community and commercial battery storage, large-scale storage and long duration solar thermal and pumped hydro, underpinned by national, state and territory Renewable Energy Storage Targets.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the household battery storage front, the report says modelling underpinning the Albanese Government’s commitment to 82% renewable energy in the electricity grid assumed “8 gigawatts” of capacity. I wasn’t able to quickly locate the modelling mentioning 8 gigawatts, but that is a shedload of batteries. Even if the Council meant 8 *gigawatt-hours* of capacity, it’s still a lot – equivalent to more than 595,000 Tesla Powerwalls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Getting back to costs and on a related note, the price of Tesla Powerwall recently went up – again<\/a>. There are alternatives to the Powerwall<\/a> offering the same sort of functionality (and other solar batteries<\/a>), but storage will remain out of reach for many Australians for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Which leads us to…<\/p>\n

Including Home Batteries (And Electric Vehicles) In The SRES<\/h2>\n

In the report’s section on home batteries, the Council has recommended a change to SRES regulations:<\/p>\n

“Changes in Provision 19D covering the certificates to be created, whereby households can have installed with an appropriately sized battery*, conditional to be Virtual Power Plant* ready as is the case in South Australia, or capable of smart managed charging would receive 15 years of certificates to 2030.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The notes on the asterisks indicate a battery could be a stand-alone battery or an EV with \u2018bidirectional\u2019 charging capability<\/a>, and briefly define a Virtual Power Plant<\/a>. The reference to South Australia is a bit dated as SA’s subsidy was axed<\/a> by the Malinauskas Government some months ago.<\/p>\n

The Smart Energy Council’s recommendation is a little different to what Dr. Haines put forward in her Bill, which proposed a sliding scale of certificate issue depending on installation date. The inclusion of electric vehicles is also an interesting twist.<\/p>\n

Among the thorny issues with both approaches is 15 years of certificates from the get-go. For example, many home battery warranties only cover 10 years, and capacity degradation during a battery’s life also need to be considered. Another big question is would such a scheme increase the base cost of home batteries in Australia as the various players seek to cash in.<\/p>\n

But the Smart Energy Council has also offered an alternative recommendation not involving tinkering with the SRES – the Australian Government could consider implementing no-interest loans at a national level.<\/p>\n

The full “Unleashing Renewable Energy Storage” report can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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