A COMMUNITY battery will be built in Carrum Downs if Labor wins the upcoming federal election, Dunkley MP Peta Murphy says.
More than 2000 houses in Carrum Downs are fitted with solar panels, but just one per cent of them have a battery. Ms Murphy says the installation of a community battery will “allow local households to feed solar power into the shared battery during the day and draw from it at night – cutting electricity bills and emissions, and reducing pressure on the grid.”
“Local households who might be unable to install solar, like renters and people living in apartments, will also be able to draw from excess energy stored in the battery,” she said. “Labor’s power to the people community battery plan invests $200 million to install 400 community batteries across the country.”
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I think it’s great that the Labor party is proposing the installation of community batteries across the country.
This will help reduce pressure on the grid and cut down on electricity bills for households who can take advantage of it.
I believe this is a step in the right direction when it comes to renewable energy, and I hope it will be successful in promoting the use of solar power.
Thank you for writing this article.