More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’
More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’
More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’
A recent report into the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program found major problems with safety and compliance.
More than 60% of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2% unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has proved hugely popular. More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have now been installed under it. This equates to 7.7 gigawatt hours of installed storage capacity.
Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, says this “means less pressure at peak times, more reliability, and a cleaner, more affordable energy system”.
But the installation compliance and safety problems highlighted by the regulator’s report risk not only battery storage growth and the credibility of the scheme, but also public safety.