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Hope this'll be better regulated than the pink batts. Otherwise it's not gonna be a good time when people opt for the cheapest batteries and cheapest tradies.
Statistically, how did the pink batt scheme fall short of your expectations/hopes?
They interviewed this guy in a van on today tonight. /s
"You wanna buy some speakers or what? The client ordered them and I can sell em to you now for cheap."
I am very keen for batteries. We have 20'ish kw of solar and so much is wasted because of export limits. If I could pump all that waste in to a battery to use over the peak period of an afternoon/evening we'd greatly reduce our bills.
Grab a new V2H/V2G charger as they start to come out and add it to an ecar.
https://zecar.com/reviews/bidirectional-v2h-and-v2g-ev-chargers-guide
The batteries on ecars are massive in conparison to home battieries.
Got an EV too - 85kw'ish of battery ready to roll.
Would love to soak it up over peak period, then recharge it overnight at off peak rates. Doing that alone would be a big saving.
https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/redearth-bidirectional-chargers-mb3054/
Was interested in this one as
Through a partnership agreement with ambibox, RedEarth will produce the devices from its facility at Darra in Brisbane’s south-west suburbs – the first company to manufacture (assemble?) bi-directional chargers locally.
But have to see how it compares
The Ambibox DC Wallbox is a flexible bidirectional charger supporting both V2G and V2H applications. It offers up to 22kW of charging power. It has even been used in experimental setups to enable bidirectional charging in vehicles not originally designed for it—such as the Tesla Model Y. It’s ideal for both residential and commercial use.
The Ambibox unit has been able to successfully discharge energy from several EV models during testing:
Tesla Model Y BYD Atto 3 Polestar 2 Volvo EX30
Interesting!
I wonder if this will also include extra subsidies for electric vehicles which support bidirectional charging. Could really help push for an increase in electric vehicle uptake if you can also use it as a battery overnight.
Hopefully they’re decent rebates on decent battery systems, and not means tested so only the low income earners would qualify (but couldn’t afford anyway).
Every year I run the numbers to see if it makes sense to get batteries, and every year it doesn’t. Would love to go completely off grid.
Apparently the subsidy requires you to be connected to a "virtual power plant" plan with your energy company, which means that they control when your battery feeds back in to the grid or can be used by you. This is pretty much a deal breaker for me and should be for most people.
What it means is that the power company could force your battery to send its power to the grid at peak times, meaning any power you use comes from the grid, and your battery gets drained without them paying you a cent. It means that you could potentially not save a single cent on your power bill, while saving the power company money.
I'm with Amber, and while I don't have a battery yet, their VPP offering does appear different to most. I'd be wanting to check the conditions if this goes ahead as I would not want to sign up if I wasn't allowed to control when power is sent to to the grid.