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Household battery storage surges as plunging solar tariffs improve the economics (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/austech@aussie.zone

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In short:

Around 75,000 battery storage systems were installed last year, up 47 per cent from 2023.

Current modelling estimates the payback time on a battery system at around eight years for a typical household.

What's next?

A wide range of experts, including a former RBA deputy governor, are calling for the federal government to introduce household battery subsidies to encourage uptake.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago

I get narky about this.

the tariffs were to encourage people to take up solar at a time when it was a lot more expensive. It made it a lot more economically feasible. This isn't the case any more so the tariffs have dropped. Ok. That bit is fine.

The companies using the generated power and selling it at a several thousand percent markup can get fucked tho. As is their gold plated supply charging.

Also: The number of people who say that it's not worth getting solar because the tariffs are nothing makes me want to get stabby stabby stabby. That is not the fucking point you grot. Oh no I get fuck all for excess power generated.

Excess I can show you my powerpal where there is a literal hole in my grid usage between 7am-7pm. Zero grid usage. That is the point, you mincing fl00ns. Why the fuck do I care about getting .03c a kw when I've just saved a shitload more by simply not purchasing any electrical power AT ALL, and not rape the planet while doing it?