How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills

January 23, 2023

Wasim Saman, University of South Australia Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a recent survey found. Another 6% were already weighing up the move, on top of the 28% who had panels. With costs falling, the average system size is growing rapidly. Households now typically install 8-10kW solar […]

Battery installs dashboard added

August 18, 2021

A new dashboard has been added to the AHD portal that looks at battery installs into homes. The dashboard is based on voluntarily disclosed data for batteries that were installed at the same time as the solar PV system and comes from data obtained from the Clean Energy Regulator. Collection of grid-connected installations with disclosed […]

Grid-Connected Net Zero Energy Houses vs Off-Grid Housing in Australia

December 12, 2018

BackgroundWith the observed rapid decline in PV prices and a similar trend for battery storage in recent years, there is a growing interest in off-grid housing in Australia. A study conducted by CSIRO projected that by 2050, around one third of Australian households could leave the grid under some potential future scenarios. However, a recent […]

A design tool for off-grid housing in Australia

August 20, 2018

Over the past 16 years in Australia, electricity prices for households have increased at an average annual rate of 8 per cent while the average inflation rate is around 2.8 per cent. This has put a financial strain on households across Australia. With the recent rapid decrease in PV prices and a similar trend for […]