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ARTICLE · 06 DECEMBER 2015

Ergon Energy, solar and the case for battery storage

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Ergon Energy introduced restrictions on the export of rooftop solar to encourage the adoption of battery storage.

AustraliaEnergy and Natural Resources
Simon Currie
Simon Currie
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When regional utility Ergon Energy introduced restrictions on the export of rooftop solar from its customers back into the grid, its intention was clear: encourage the adoption of battery storage.

Queensland is the state that boasts the highest aggregate uptake of rooftop solar in Australia, and has some of the best solar resources. That should, notionally at least, make it a hot prospect for the battery storage market too.

About half of the more than 450,000 households that have rooftop solar in the state don't have much incentive to install battery storage right now. That's because many are getting premium feed-in tariffs that encourage them to produce as much as they can and export it to the grid.

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