WA community battery rollout begins as advocates push for legislated renewable energy target
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Cason Ho
20d ago· 4 min readenNews
Summary
Construction has begun on 18 community batteries across Perth and Western Australia's South-West, set to be installed by Western Power by mid-2027. The batteries will enable thousands of homes to feed rooftop solar energy into the power grid during peak times, addressing price volatility. A climate advocate has used the announcement to call for a legislated renewable energy target for WA, noting that grid storage did not exist in the state just three years ago.
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Grid storage did not exist just three years ago.
The rollout is also aimed at addressing wild price volatility in the...
Construction begins on 18 community batteries across WA, as a climate and conservation advocate calls for a legislated target for renewable energy uptake.
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