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TUESDAY 10 JUNE 2025
Battery boom: NT residents spearhead household batteries with rooftop solar systems
AUSTRALIA’S BATTERY BOOM is gaining traction, with the Northern Territory ranking first in the country for rates of household batteries installed alongside rooftop solar systems, according to the Climate Council’s latest report: “Battery Boom: Supercharging Australia’s Renewable Rollout”.. This comes just before the Federal Government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program starts on 1 July 2025.
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KEY FINDINGS:
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Thanks to the Home and Business Battery Scheme, household batteries are working in tandem with 15.9% of homes with solar in the territory, beating out renewable energy-heavy states like South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. The top-three suburbs for batteries are:
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Nightcliff (4,000 rooftop solar systems)
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Mitchell (3,200 rooftop solar systems)
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Alice Springs (2,800 rooftop solar systems)
Climate Councillor and energy expert, Greg Bourne, said: “Around 40 percent of our main energy grid is powered by sun and wind. Batteries are our bridge to a 21st century energy grid; keeping the lights on in our homes, schools, and workplaces as our ageing coal fleet eventually retires by 2040.
“We already generate an excess of clean, reliable, renewable energy from Australia’s abundant sun and wind. Rather than simply letting it go to waste and missing out on the savings, batteries will help soak it all up and put it to good use during periods of high demand.
“As our transport fleet progressively electrifies, those batteries can also help our grid and provide extra resilience to the system overall.”
Climate Council Fellow and energy expert, Andrew Stock, said: “Household, community, and grid-scale battery storage plays a vital role in Australia’s renewable energy transition. States are already making headway in these areas, but we must go further and faster to ensure more Australians can reap the benefits.
“Installing more batteries means more gigawatts of renewable energy we can store. The return on investment for communities: lower bills, less climate pollution from polluting coal and gas, and a more resilient grid.”
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