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Aussies hot for storage

Distributed storage, Australia: A warm market for batteries is rapidly heating up. The Australian storage market is set to triple in size, on the distributed front alone. For utilities it could be a blessing or a curse.

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Jonathan Gifford

21 Feb 2017

Take a stroll around any suburb in an Australian capital city and stark reality will reveal itself: solar is unquestionably mainstream. Australian PV Institute figures show that the average rate of residential solar penetration, amongst the country’s seven states and territories, lies at 18.5%. States such as Queensland and South Australia far exceed this, with …

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