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"Soon the one third of Australian renters and apartment dwellers may be able to
do what people in Europe, India, South Korea and, oddly enough, Utah, already
can: pop a solar and battery system onto their balconies and help power their
homes.
The obstacles, as reported by
Renew Economy last week, are not small. See:
Balcony solar is powering apartments from Berlin to Barcelona. So why not in
Australia?
But moves are afoot to correct what is seen by many as a market failure and
bring power to the rest of the Australian people.
The technology on offer elsewhere in the world can work in Australia – it’s
already being tested here for safety – but changing the rules needed to make
regulators, networks and, crucially, conservative strata committees, feel it’s
safe will take some effort.
“The main component is that Australia and New Zealand have slightly different
electrical standards than the rest of the world, in terms of the configuration
of our networks and things like weathering systems and safety requirements for
RCDs,” says Smart Energy Lab general manager Glenn Morris.
“So long as we can prove that none of this is being compromised, [plug in solar
and batteries] shouldn’t be a problem.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
