Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer

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• Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hopefully they’re decent rebates on decent battery systems, and not means tested so only the low income earners would qualify (but couldn’t afford anyway).

  Every year I run the numbers to see if it makes sense to get batteries, and every year it doesn’t. Would love to go completely off grid.

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• TassieTosser@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hope this’ll be better regulated than the pink batts. Otherwise it’s not gonna be a good time when people opt for the cheapest batteries and cheapest tradies.

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  • Kanzar@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Statistically, how did the pink batt scheme fall short of your expectations/hopes?

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    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They interviewed this guy in a van on today tonight. /s

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    • Auzy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I liked the idea… But, I have a massive pile of pink batts sitting above my bedroom at the moment (from before I bought the house). And they’re likely so compressed now, they’re unusable (I plan to replace them with cross thatched insulation to reduce sound from outside, as I only have blow in at the moment)

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• trk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I am very keen for batteries. We have 20’ish kw of solar and so much is wasted because of export limits. If I could pump all that waste in to a battery to use over the peak period of an afternoon/evening we’d greatly reduce our bills.

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Grab a new V2H/V2G charger as they start to come out and add it to an ecar.

    zecar.com/…/bidirectional-v2h-and-v2g-ev-chargers…

    The batteries on ecars are massive in conparison to home battieries.

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    • trk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Got an EV too - 85kw’ish of battery ready to roll.

      Would love to soak it up over peak period, then recharge it overnight at off peak rates. Doing that alone would be a big saving.

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      …com.au/…/redearth-bidirectional-chargers-mb3054/

      Was interested in this one as

      Through a partnership agreement with ambibox, RedEarth will produce the devices from its facility at Darra in Brisbane’s south-west suburbs – the first company to manufacture (assemble?) bi-directional chargers locally.

      But have to see how it compares

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  • dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I wonder if this will also include extra subsidies for electric vehicles which support bidirectional charging. Could really help push for an increase in electric vehicle uptake if you can also use it as a battery overnight.

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• Auzy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This is something I’ve been waiting for, for ages, and is the reason I didn’t get any previously (because the interest free loan didn’t make sense, because of the risk of batteries dropping faster than any savings from the loan)

  If it’s a good deal, I’ll likely buy more Solar panels too and double them from 6.6kw (5kw inverter).

  Obviously, wouldn’t be buying a tesla powerwall, but ideally something AC coupled still (so really hoping BYD makes something like that)

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    grab a BYD var and do this ?

    zecar.com/…/bidirectional-v2h-and-v2g-ev-chargers…

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    • Auzy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I am want to sell my jeep… Been waiting for a 4wd which is cheap enough though, with enough range. Don’t need towing capacity at all, but need the capabilities if things go to crap (I operate a hiking group, and at least 1 or 2 overnight trips we went on, the weather turned to complete crap the next day and we needed high clearance to get out of it… But places like Falls Creek at 450km from me (so 900 round trip), so range is somewhat important too, but I do accept that on the way home from some of these things, I might charge

      Ideally want an EV though with enough range. Of its a Hybrid, I’d only need something with only a tiny pissy petrol engine, for emergency use that can be disabled mostly.

      Really, no idea why people wouldn’t want an EV if one suited

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    • kudra@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think it’s taking longer for bidirectional to be legal in most parts of Australia, though that might be happening soon. V2G is going to be a game changer for reducing dependence on coal, can’t come soon enough!

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