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> Very few people are willing to pay the significant upfront cost for the benefit of ongoing but small reductions in power bills.

There are nine million households in Australia.[1] 1.4 million (one in six) have rooftop PV solar installed - "the highest proportion of any country."[2] Tesla is debuting its household battery storage in Australia because of the opportunity it presents. I expect within ten years, more than half of solar powered houses will have some form of storage installed.

[1] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-06/fact-file-housing-in-a... [2] http://www.theage.com.au/comment/here-comes-the-solar-power-...




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