Solar Batteries Perth & Western Australia
Households in Western Australia, the nation’s sunniest state, and Perth, the city with the most peak sunlight hours, have many good reasons to invest in solar, so it’s little wonder that along with South Australia, Western Australia has the highest adoption of rooftop solar panel adoption in Australia. However, solar panels only enable households to use the energy their panels generate in real-time, making a home battery essential to storing energy for use at night when peak electricity prices apply.
Luckily, sonnen batteries, like the sonnenBatterie hybrid 9.53 and sonnenBatterie Evo, are now accessible to homeowners across Australia, including Perth and Western Australia. If you’re looking to minimise your household’s exposure to escalating electricity prices for energy that can be produced for free by your rooftop solar panels, there are several options you can take advantage of.
Ready to find out how much you could save with a battery? Get an immediate estimation on your potential solar savings here, just by answering a few questions about your household and location.
Western Australia Electricity Prices & Grid Information
Electricity prices in Australia are now among the highest in the world and there’s seemingly no end in sight, with price increases confirmed across all of Australia’s biggest electricity suppliers for mid-2023. All energy retailers operating in WA are putting up their rates due to the volatility of the national wholesale market, which means that opting for a ‘flexible pricing’ tariff – which was once an effective way for households to lower their energy bills – or switching to an energy retailer that offers more competitive supply and usage charges, no longer has the same effect it once did. This means that not only are energy prices in Western Australia increasing rapidly, but also that the once abundant opportunities for households to lower electricity expenditure are now increasingly scarce.
Solar Feed-In Tariffs (FiTs)
If you’re one of the many West Australians who have rooftop solar and export the excess energy your system generates to the grid, you’ll be well aware of the decline in solar feed-in tariffs. The factors contributing to this trend include the increasing number of large-scale renewable energy projects and basic supply and demand. What’s more, with households feeding solar energy into the grid to get the FiTs that help them lower their energy costs and recoup their investment, this surplus energy lowers the market value of residential-generated energy, leading to lower returns for customers.
Due to rising electricity prices, falling solar FiTs and an increasing desire on the part of Australians to lower carbon emissions, more households across the state are investing in a home battery to kickstart their journey to energy independence and protect themselves from rising electricity costs.
Western Australian Home Battery Schemes & Rebates
Unlike most states and territories, households in Western Australia currently lack access to home battery schemes and rebates. However, households interested in reducing dependence on the grid and the high electricity prices that will soar even higher this year can apply for a Small-scale Technology Certificate (STC) through the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES). This is an initiative the Australian Federal Government provides to incentivise households to invest in renewable energy systems, like home solar batteries.
The SRES wraps up in 2030, but as certificates are provided for the expected power generation the system produces from the installation year until the scheme ends, the sooner you install a home battery and apply for your STC, the greater the value of the certificate and the more you’ll save on a home battery that helps you to reduce exposure to escalating energy prices.
sonnen Authorised Installers
When you’re ready to free yourself from the grid with a solar battery and gain the independence that enables you to choose how you manage and control your energy, contact us below and we can connect you with one of our partner installers based in Perth, Fremantle and right across Western Australia.
