Rebates of $5,000 per household, or $7,500 for regional households, are being promised in one of Australia's most rooftop solar-heavy states.

Western Australian Labor has unveiled plans to slash the cost of home battery storage, with state government rebates of up to $5,000 per household, or $7,500 for households on the regional Horizon Power grid…

Eligible households would have up to 10 years to repay the no-interest loans of $10,000 or less…

Cook has also promised to invest $50 million of public money to a Battery Manufacturing Program of direct grants and low-interest loans to support the development of a home battery supply chain in the state.

  • Dimand
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    4 days ago

    Yep. Great idea and seemingly decent implementation. Even with some hiccups the net benefits will be unmatched to any other energy policy for the price.

    • Gorgritch_Umie_KillaOPM
      4·
      4 days ago

      Thats the thing. I’s saying to someone just last week that it almost doesn’t matter about the climate benefits of the solar and battery energy combination for homes.

      When you’ve got a legitimate amount of energy independence on the table, thats such a compelling argument for so many who aren’t necessarily committed to climate goals for whatever their overly personal reasons.

      Its a market making allignment of interests.

      • Dimand
        3·
        4 days ago

        Yep. Doesn’t matter if you’re the biggest redneck or the greenest hippy on the street the common factor is everyone wants the lights to stay on and they don’t want to pay through the nose for it. Solar has already won, we can’t even come close to touching it with any other tech.