'It's a scam': As solar feed-in tariffs plunge, battery demand surges
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Once as high as 60 cents per kilowatt hour, solar feed-in tariffs are now as low as just a few cents for some. While 4 million households have rooftop solar, home battery storage systems sit at around 320,000 — but take-up has surged as the economics improve.

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.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    15 hours 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?

    • CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Over here in Florida, I shock people when I show them my actual bill from the power company is exactly the minimum service fee every month. I don’t “get” paid for my excess but I don’t have to pay over night so I’m sure as hell happy for that arrangement.

      I’ve also blown some people’s minds by framing it as equity building too. You pay a mortgage and own your house eventually. Why not roll solar into that and get equity into your energy as well instead of renting it from the power company?