Solar Insiders Podcast: Big trouble in the small-scale battery rebate
Smart Energy Council's David McElrea on why federal Labor must make some urgent changes to its super successful Cheaper Home Batteries scheme – and what those changes might be. Plus news of the week.

Another major financing deal announced for renewable energy projects, this time for a portfolio that includes the NEM's first solar battery hybrid project.
Renew Economy speaks with Thomas Bywater, Head of AIKO ANZ, about the world’s first 500 W module under 2 m² and how AIKO has solved the Back Contact scalability problem that held the architecture back for nearly five decades.
Cost of battery storage has fallen by 40 pct of more for second year in a row, changing the game for big solar, grid management, consumers and renewables in general.
Households will have to pay up front and in full for new gas connection, thanks to new rule to protect consumers from the impending network death spiral.
Australian Energy Market Commission makes a series of welcome energy pricing reform recommendations, and one that is bound to spark plenty of push-back.
A planned shutdown of gas networks in 10 regional towns has resulted in households being pushed towards LPG rather than electrifying their homes.
European Union members have set a new and binding 2040 climate target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent compared to 1990 levels.
One of the country's biggest solar farms has reached full commercial operations, after being built well ahead of schedule.